AFSC/MML: Acoustics long-term passive monitoring using moored autonomous recorders in the Bering, Chukchi, and Western Beaufort Seas, 2007-2023
Data Set (DS) | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17343 | Updated: October 3, 2024 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | AFSC/MML: Acoustics long-term passive monitoring using moored autonomous recorders in the Bering, Chukchi, and Western Beaufort Seas, 2007-2023 |
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Short Name: | AFSC/MML: Acoustics long-term passive monitoring using moored autonomous recorders in the Bering, Chukchi, and Western Beaufort Seas, 2007-2023 |
Status: | In Work |
Creation Date: | 2007 |
Revision Date: | 2023 |
Abstract: |
The Marine Mammal Laboratory (MML) has deployed long-term passive acoustic recorders in various locations in Alaskan waters and in the High Arctic to determine spatio-temporal distribution of marine mammals as well as environmental and anthropogenic noise. Following the timing of peak calling among the various long-term recorders may provide some insight into finer-scale movements of cetaceans throughout the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas as well as in the Gulf of Alaska. Changes in ambient noise levels can also be tracked. Recordings are available since 2007 in the Bering and Beaufort Seas, since 2010 in the Chukchi, since 2019 in the Gulf of Alaska, and from 2008-2012 in Fram Strait. The majority of these recorders were deployed on MML subsurface moorings, although several have been deployed on the oceanographic moorings of other researchers. Several different types of autonomous passive acoustic recorders have been deployed, most for one year. Recording parameters varied among instrument types and have evolved among projects. The majority of these recorders and deployments were funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); however, funding in recent years has come from the Office of Naval Research (Marine Mammals and Biology Program), NMFS Office of Protected Resources, and the NMFS Office of Science and Technology (including the Ocean Acoustic Program). |
Purpose: |
The purpose of these long-term recorder deployments is to assess year-round presence, distribution, and relative abundance of marine mammals in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, as well as in Fram Strait. |
Notes: |
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Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
biota
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | AURAL |
None | autonomous recorder |
None | EAR |
None | Haruphone |
None | long-term |
None | passive acoustics |
None | seismic airguns |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Chukchi Sea |
None | Eastern Bering Sea |
None | Fram Strait off Greenland |
None | Western Beaufort Sea |
Physical Location
Organization: | National Marine Mammal Laboratory |
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City: | Seattle |
State/Province: | WA |
Country: | United States |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | Annually |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. NOAA denies liability if the data are misused. |
Data Set Credit: | Funding is from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,the Office of Naval Research (Marine Mammals and Biology Program), NMFS Office of Protected Resources, and the NMFS Office of Science and Technology (including the Ocean Acoustic Program). |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2008 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Berchok, Catherine |
Email Address: | catherine.berchok@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 206-526-6331 |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2016-02-19 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
Email Address: | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
URL: | NCEI Contact Information |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2016-02-19 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | MC, Metadata Coordinators |
Email Address: | AFSC.metadata@noaa.gov |
Originator
Date Effective From: | 2016-02-19 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) |
Address: |
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle, WA 98115 USA |
Email Address: | afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (206) 526-4000 |
Fax: | (206) 526-4004 |
URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center |
Business Hours: | 0700-1700 Pacific Time |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2016-02-19 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Berchok, Catherine |
Email Address: | catherine.berchok@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 206-526-6331 |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -174.8 | |
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E° Bound: | -0.5 | |
N° Bound: | 78.9 | |
S° Bound: | 53.5 | |
Description |
Eastern Bering, Chukchi, and Western Beaufort Seas, with a couple recorders in Fram Strait |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2007 |
End: | 2014 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Procedure: |
Data can be found at http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0143303 |
Data Access Constraints: |
There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. |
Data Use Constraints: |
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0143303 |
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Distributor: | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2016-02-19 - Present) |
Description: |
Acoustic results |
File Type (Deprecated): | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format: | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
Data Quality
Accuracy: |
Recordings are analyzed for presence of marine mammal vocalizations. Questionable or ambiguous acoustic detections are analyzed in more detail, and if necessary, clips are sent to colleagues for confirmation or identification. |
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Completeness Report: |
In some instances, information only applies to one type of recorder. Also, deployments or recoveries made by colleagues are often lacking information. A few recorders were lost and not recovered, or failed to record. |
Conceptual Consistency: |
Not applicable. |
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Recordings are analyzed for presence of marine mammal vocalizations. Questionable or ambiguous acoustic detections are analyzed in more detail, and if necessary, clips are sent to colleagues for confirmation or identification. |
Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | No |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | 0 |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | Unknown |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | NCEI-CO |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | Unknown |
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption. |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
Three different types of passive acoustic recorders have been used: AURALs (Autonomous Underwater Recorder for Acoustic Listening, Multi-Électronique, Inc., Rimouski, QC), EARs (Ecological Acoustic Recorders, in collaboration with Drs. Marc Lammers and Whitlow Au, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Univ. of HI, Kaneohe, HI), and Haruphones (Haru Matsumoto, CIMRS/NOAA, Newport, OR)); the majority have been AURALs. Recording parameters vary among instrument types and have evolved among projects. Most recorders are deployed for one year and are duty cycled to record for a full year. However, several recorders were deployed short-term (1 week to 1 month) in the Beaufort Sea and have higher duty cycles/sampling rates. Sampling rates range from 2 kHz-40kHz (majority 8kHz or 16kHz), and all recorders are duty cycled from 23-97% (majority around 30%) on a cycle period of 20min-5hrs. The majority of these recorders were deployed on MML subsurface moorings, although several have been deployed on the subsurface oceanographic moorings of other researchers. These moorings include the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory/NOAA (Phyllis Stabeno) moorings along the 70m isobath in the Bering Sea, the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Steve Okkonen) moorings off Barrow, AK, one Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Robert Pickart) mooring in the Chukchi Sea, the AIM-1 site on the Chukchi Plateau (Institute of Ocean Sciences - Fisheries and Oceans Canada/ Humfrey Melling), and two sites in the Fram Strait: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Dirk Kalmbach) and University of Oslo (Øystein Wiig). After recorder is retrieved, data are extracted, converted into ten-minute wave files, and given standardized filenames that provide the location, recorder type, and field time information. Further information can be obtained via the following final reports: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/PDF/BOWFEST-2013-Final-Report.pdf. |
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Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 17343 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17343 |
Metadata Record Created By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Created: | 2012-12-21 17:08+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2024-10-03 18:16+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-11-30 |
Owner Org: | AFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2018-11-30 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-11-30 |