PAM in MITT
Authors: Klinck et al
Year published: 2024
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A total of six Rockhopper passive acoustic recording units were deployed off the west coast of Guam in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT) study area to acoustically monitor beaked whales and mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS). Five units were deployed in an array configuration with a 1 kilometer (km) baseline in the northern part of the survey area to locate beaked whale echolocation clicks and derive a probability of detection function necessary for estimating density. An additional sixth unit was deployed approximately 15 km south of the array to investigate spatiotemporal variability in beaked whale encounters in the survey area.
