Comparison of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) echolocation clicks recorded simultaneously on two passive acoustic monitoring instruments / Eiren K. Jacobson, Karlina P. B. Merkens, Karin A. Forney, and Jay Barlow.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Jacobson, Eiren K., author.

Merkens, Karlina P., author.

Forney, Karin A., author.

Barlow, Jay, author.

Contributor:

Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS

NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC ; 583.

NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC ; 583

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harbor porpoise--Research--Pacific Coast (U.S.).

Harbor porpoise.

Echolocation (Physiology)--Research--Pacific Coast (U.S.).

Echolocation (Physiology).

United States--Pacific Coast.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.

Place of Publication:

[La Jolla, Calif.] : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 2017.

Summary:

Passive acoustic surveys are a useful tool for long-term assessment of cetacean populations. However, the application of these methods requires that species of interest produce distinctive, well-characterized vocalizations. Several sympatric species of cetaceans produce narrow-band, high-frequency (NBHF) echolocation clicks which are difficult to distinguish. On the U.S. West Coast, Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) and harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) emit NBHF echolocation clicks and overlap in distribution. To determine whether different passive acoustic instruments could be used to monitor harbor porpoise, we recorded harbor porpoise echolocation clicks simultaneously on an autonomous hydrophone recording system (SoundTrap, Ocean Instruments New Zealand) and on a commonly used passive acoustic monitoring device (C-POD, Chelonia Ltd., UK) and investigated whether the number and peak frequency of recorded echolocation clicks were consistent between the two instruments. We found that the number of echolocation clicks recorded by the two instruments was highly correlated. However, the C-POD and SoundTrap measurements of the peak frequency of echolocation signals were not well-correlated. This suggests that while both instruments are capable of detecting harbor porpoise echolocation clicks, it may not be feasible to use C-PODs to discriminate harbor porpoise echolocation clicks in regions where multiple species with NBHF echolocation clicks are present. The use of calibrated hydrophones with full-bandwidth recording instruments may be required for this task. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-583(http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-583)]

Notes:

"July 2017."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NOAA website, viewed on August 18, 2017).

OCLC:

1001462465

Publisher Number:

doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-583