by crabman | Aug 1, 2014 | SEA Publications
Dr. Jeremy Goldbogen of Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University) lead a team of SOCAL-BRS researchers in publishing a recent paper on new techniques to identify calling fin whales. This method involves using the accelerometers (movement sensors) in combination...
by crabman | Jul 31, 2014 | SEA News
We’ve were offshore the first few days of SOCAL-14 and pushed back closer to the mainland today with tougher offshore weather. Working around tiny Santa Barbara Island shrouded in fog early on we managed just one short tag deployment on a Risso’s dolphin out of over...
by crabman | Jul 18, 2014 | SEA News
For those of you who have followed the from-the-field blog for the Southern California Behavioral Response Study (SOCAL-BRS) before, welcome back and thanks for the interest and support over the past year regarding our publications and presentations. For others of you...
by crabman | Apr 16, 2014 | SEA Publications
On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to let you know about a new paper on the audibility of high frequency sonar systems to some marine mammals. We investigated the acoustic “leakage” of energy into side lobes from the 200 kHz center frequency of three...
by crabman | Apr 16, 2014 | SEA News
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently adopted guidelines to reduce underwater noise from commercial ships. The new guidelines: recognize that shipping noise can have short-term and long-term impacts on marine life; call for measurement of shipping...
