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We present results of the SIRENA 2011 research cruises conducted by the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) and joined by the Research Department for Underwater Acoustics and Geophysics (FWG), Bundeswehr Technical Centre (WTD 71) and the Universities of Kiel and Pavia. The cruises were carried out in the Ligurian Sea. The main aim of the FWG was to test and evaluate the newly developed towed hydrophone array as a passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) tool for risk mitigation applications. The system was compared with the PAM equipment used by the other participating institutions. Recorded sounds were used to improve an automatic acoustic classifier for marine mammals, and validated acoustic detections by observers were compared with the results of the classifier.
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This work was carried out within the sea trials of the Marine Mammal Risk Mitigation (MMRM) Project of the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC), which provided the research vessel RV Alliance and crew. We thank them for all their support and thank the NURC and the Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali (CIBRA) staff for the friendly cooperation.
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Ludwig, S., Kreimeyer, R., Knoll, M. (2016). Comparison of PAM Systems for Acoustic Monitoring and Further Risk Mitigation Application. In: Popper, A., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 875. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_79
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