Acoustic detections of Arctic mammals in the western Beaufort Sea 2010-2011

Kate Stafford

doi:10.15468/jrmeje

Acoustic detections of Arctic mammals in the western Beaufort Sea 2010-2011

Citation

Stafford, K. 2014. Acoustic detections of Arctic mammals in the western Beaufort Sea 2010-2011. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/914) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/jrmeje accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-25.

Description

Original provider: Kate Stafford, University of Washington Dataset credits: Kate Stafford, University of Washington Abstract: Passive acoustic data were collected from a mooring deployed at 71.412 N 152.0065 W in the Beaufort Sea. Sounds of bowhead and beluga whales and bearded seals were recorded seasonally. Bowhead and beluga whale sounds occurred in the fall, spring and summer. Bearded seals were recorded primarily in the winter. Purpose: These data were collected as part of an interdisciplinary project to monitor the influence of the western Arctic boundary current on the ecosystem of the Beaufort Sea shelf. Hydrophones were deployed along side an oceanographic mooring measuring current speed and direction, temperature, salinity and ice cover to determine what, if any, of these physical parameters influence the presence of vocal Arctic marine mammals including bowhead and beluga whales and bearded seals. Supplemental information: Acoustic monitoring was on during the first 15 minutes of every hour starting on 9/25/2010 and ended on 8/29/2011. Each record represents presence of the species. hydrophone deployed: Multi-electronique Aural M2 Sampling frequency: 16384 Hz

Purpose

These data were collected as part of an interdisciplinary project to monitor the influence of the western Arctic boundary current on the ecosystem of the Beaufort Sea shelf. Hydrophones were deployed along side an oceanographic mooring measuring current speed and direction, temperature, salinity and ice cover to determine what, if any, of these physical parameters influence the presence of vocal Arctic marine mammals including bowhead and beluga whales and bearded seals.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Erignathus barbatus
common name: Bearded Seal rank: species
Delphinapterus leucas
common name: Beluga rank: species
Balaena mysticetus
common name: Bowhead rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Beaufort Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kate Stafford
originator
position: Primary contact
University of Washington
email: stafford@apl.washington.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Kate Stafford
owner
position: Primary contact
University of Washington
email: stafford@apl.washington.edu

Kate Stafford
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of Washington
email: stafford@apl.washington.edu