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Haru Matsumoto1, Christopher Jones, Holger Klinck

  • 1Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, Oregon State University, 2030 Marine Science Drive, Newport, Oregon 97365, USA. Haru.Matsumoto@oregonstate.edu

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|February 1, 2013
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The QUEphone, an acoustic float, effectively detects Blainville's beaked whales. Its performance is comparable to existing Navy systems, offering a valuable tool for marine mammal monitoring.

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Area of Science:

  • Marine Biology
  • Acoustic Oceanography
  • Bioacoustics

Background:

  • Acoustic monitoring is crucial for endangered marine mammals, offering advantages over visual methods like submerged detection and operation in all conditions.
  • Existing acoustic monitoring systems can be costly and complex.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate the QUEphone, an inexpensive and user-friendly acoustic float for detecting marine mammals.
  • To assess the QUEphone's effectiveness in real-time detection of Blainville's beaked whales.

Main Methods:

  • The QUEphone was developed by modifying a commercial profiler float with acoustic capabilities and the ERMA cetacean click detection algorithm.
  • Field tests were conducted at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Bahamas.

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  • QUEphone performance was compared against the Navy's Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Ranges (M3R) system.

    • Main Results:

    • The QUEphone successfully detected Blainville's beaked whales at AUTEC.
    • The detection performance of the QUEphone was comparable to the M3R system.
    • The study confirmed the QUEphone's operational capability for near-real-time beaked whale detection.

    Conclusions:

    • The QUEphone is an effective tool for detecting beaked whales.
    • The developed acoustic float offers a cost-effective and reliable solution for marine mammal monitoring.