Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cetaceans

Walter M. X. Zimmer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-19342-9 (ISBN)

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Listening to whales, dolphins and porpoises allows us to detect these elusive animals. Using a systematic approach, scientists can gain an overview of populations of acoustically active species. Zimmer provides a comprehensive knowledge base, ideally suited to assist students and marine mammal researchers develop and implement passive acoustic monitoring systems.

Passive acoustic monitoring is increasingly used by the scientific community to study, survey and census marine mammals, especially cetaceans, many of which are easier to hear than to see. PAM is also used to support efforts to mitigate potential negative effects of human activities such as ship traffic, military and civilian sonar and offshore exploration. Walter Zimmer provides an integrated approach to PAM, combining physical principles, discussion of technical tools and application-oriented concepts of operations. Additionally, relevant information and tools necessary to assess existing and future PAM systems are presented, with Matlab code used to generate figures and results so readers can reproduce data and modify code to analyse the impact of changes. This allows the principles to be studied whilst discovering potential difficulties and side effects. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, the book provides all information and tools necessary to gain a comprehensive understanding of this interdisciplinary subject.

Walter M. X. Zimmer holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Regensburg, Germany. He is currently a Scientist in the Applied Research Department of the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in La Spezia, Italy and a Guest Investigator at the Biology Department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA, USA.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Underwater Acoustics (The Basics): 1. Principles of underwater sound; 2. Cetacean sounds; 3. Sonar equation; Part II. Signal Processing (Designing the Tools): 4. Detection methods; 5. Classification methods; 6. Localisation and tracking; Part III. Passive Acoustic Monitoring (Putting It All Together): 7. Applications of PAM; 8. Detection functions; 9. Simulating sampling strategies; 10. PAM systems; 11. References and literature; Index.

Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 249 mm
Gewicht	790 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-521-19342-7 / 0521193427
ISBN-13	978-0-521-19342-9 / 9780521193429
Zustand	Neuware