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Publications by Northeast Passive Acoustic Research Staff

Our staff regularly publish their findings in scientific journals and Center-produced documents. Here you'll find select articles organized by publication year, starting with the most recent.
March 16, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Passive Acoustic Research in the Atlantic Ocean

We use innovative passive acoustic technologies to study the behavior, movements and distribution of marine animals and their contribution to soundscape ecology. We also evaluate how man-made sounds affect marine animals.
This illustration shows the variety of technologies that NOAA Fisheries researchers use to record underwater sounds and study marine animals. The seascape shows bottom- mounted and drifting acoustic recorders, underwater autonomous vehicles, Atlantic cod and humpback whale with tags, and instruments deployed from a NOAA ship and small boat. Colored circles show a zoomed-in view of the instruments and indicate the type of data collected: green for real-time data, orange for archival data, and blue for active NOAA Fisheries studies marine animals by using a variety of technologies to record underwater sounds, including archival passive acoustic recordings (orange), real-time acoustic data collection (green), and active acoustics (blue).

Vocal Behavior of False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) Acoustic Subgroups

Better understanding of the vocal behavior of cetaceans in the name of developing automated passive acoustic cetacean tracking, localization, and classification techniques.
March 15, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Retrospective analysis of measures to reduce large whale entanglements in a lucrative commercial fishery

Marine mammal bycatch is a significant anthropogenic threat to recovering populations. Gear reduction in Washington (USA) crab fishery decreased entanglement risk to whales.
January 30, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

An Unknown Nocturnal Call Type in the Mariana Archipelago

In spring/summer of 2018 and 2021, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Cetacean Research Program deployed drifting acoustic recorders in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones surrounding the Mariana Archipelago.
January 23, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Rice’s Whales in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Call Variation and Occurrence Beyond the Known Core Habitat

We used long-term passive acoustic recordings from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico shelf break to explore the extent of Rice’s whale distribution in the northern Gulf of Mexico and to evaluate whether they exhibit seasonal movements throughout this range.
January 06, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Odontocete Spatial Patterns and Temporal Drivers of Detection at Sites in the Hawaiian Islands

We conclude that long-term passive acoustic monitoring (PAM records) are a valuable resource for documenting cetacean species patterns and contributes insights into the lives of top predators.
January 06, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Beaked Whale Dive Cycle Estimation Based on Acoustic Data From Drifting Recording Systems

Our acoustic-only estimation method opens the door to obtaining estimates for many species.
November 10, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Examining Distribution Patterns of Foraging and Non-Foraging Sperm Whales in Hawaiian Waters Using Visual and Passive Acoustic Data

Further understanding the distribution patterns of sperm whale populations in Hawaiʻi and contributing methods for building species distribution models.
October 07, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Acoustic Localization, Validation, and Characterization of Rice's Whale Calls

This study uses sonobuoys and passive acoustic tagging to validate the source of potential call types and to characterize Rice's whale calls.
October 03, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,