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  skos:definition """Since 1991, NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory Laboratory (NMML)
in Seattle, Washington and Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
(PMEL) in Newport,  Oregon, have collaborated on a joint study to
assess the potential of long-range acoustic monitoring of free-ranging
populations of large cetaceans. NMML brings many years of experience
in population stock assessment based on field observations, with
supporting data on habitat, near-field acoustics and behavior. PMEL
brings expertise in underwater acoustics and access to both the
U.S. Navy's underwater SOund SUrveillance System ( SOSUS) and
autonomous moored hydrophone recorders designed for long-term,
deep-ocean deployment. This joint study has been largely funded
through the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
(SERDP), with additional support from the Office of Naval Research
(ONR), NOAA's Environmental Services Data and Information Management
(ESDIM) Program, NMML, and the NOAA VENTS program at PMEL.

This powerful combination of SOSUS and autonomous moored hydrophone
data has enabled PMEL researchers to record the low-frequency calls of
blue and fin whales throughout the Pacific Ocean, and to identify
regional differences in blue and fin whale vocalizations. Locating
calling whales also enables PMEL to identify apparent seasonal shifts
in whale distributions. Correlating these data with NMML current field
observations and their extensive historical database of species
distributions may help answer critical population and stock management
questions.

For more information please visit the Whale Acoustic Project
home page at: http://newport.pmel.noaa.gov/whales/project.html

Contact Information:

Acoustics:
Dr. Chris Fox
NOAA/PMEL
2115 S.E. OSU Drive
Newport, Oregon 97365
VOICE: (541) 867-0276
FAX: (541) 867-3907
Email: fox@pmel.noaa.gov

Marine Mammals:
Dr. Marilyn Dahlheim
NOAA/NMML
7600 Sand Point Way, N.E.
Seattle, WA 98115
(206)-526-4047
(206)-526-6615
Email: Marilyn.Dahlheim@noaa.gov"""@en ;
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