26506 Data Set Published / External 25898 Passive Acoustic Studies of North Atlantic Right Whales Project In Work Passive acoustic monitoring buoys have been deployed in shallow waters between North Carolina and Northern Florida since 2003. These units are bottom mounted recorders that collect data on sound for periods of 3-6 months. The resulting data are analyzed to identify vocalizations that are unique to North Atlantic Right whales to document their occurrence in these waters. These data have been used to evaluate the seasonal occurrence of North Atlantic right whales in waters south of North Carolina during winter months. To use passive acoustic monitoring to examine the occurrence of North Atlantic Right Whales in waters of the southeast U.S. Passive acoustic monitoring data from long term (3-9 month) deployments of moored units in winter calving habitats of the North Atlantic right whale. Data were collected through contracts with Cornell University. Data types include both raw acoustic so Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami FL USA Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center Data Set Table (digital) Marine Autonomous Recording Unit (MARU) provided by Cornell University N/A N/A Data Steward 2003 Person Garrison, Lance Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov 75 Virginia Beach Dr Miami FL 33149 305-361-4488 305-361-4478 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT Contact by email preferred. Distributor 2003 Organization Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC https://ror.org/0396y0w87 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center About SEFSC Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST Metadata Contact 2003 Person Soldevilla, Melissa melissa.soldevilla@noaa.gov 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA 305-361-4238 Contact by email preferred. Point of Contact 2003 Person Garrison, Lance Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov 75 Virginia Beach Dr Miami FL 33149 305-361-4488 305-361-4478 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT Contact by email preferred. -81.5 -74.5 35 28.5 Atlantic Ocean, U.S. South Continuing 2003 Unclassified The data will be available from a public web server once an access methodology has been developed. None Collected sound recordings are reviewed to verify recording quality and file integrity. After the identification of potential right whale vocalizations, individual recordings are reviewed and verified. No 0 No No No 365 N/A To Be Determined 365 The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access. 1 Units are recovered following a 3-6 month deployment and digital data is downloaded and reviewed for quality and data integrity. Automated software tools are used to identify potential right whale vocalizations, which are then reviewed and verified. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26506 Lee Weinberger 2015-08-17T17:31:42 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:18 2021-04-29 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No No 2021-04-29 1 Year 2022-04-29