Dataset Submitted

Eastern Gulf of Mexico Glider Deployment M69 (01/03/17 – 01/13/17) – Passive Acoustic Recordings

Authors: Chad Lembke, David Mann, Susan Lowerre-Barbieri, Chris Taylor, Steven Murawski
Identified On: Mar 06 2017 22:39 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/n7-5y6c-sj73
UDI: FL.x707.000:0006
Project Information

Funded By:
Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program

Funding Cycle:
FLRACEP 1

Research Group:
Demonstration of Fisheries Assessment Applications for Underwater Gliders

Point of Contact

Chad Lembke
University of South Florida / College of Marine Science
clembke@usf.edu

Data Collection Period
2017-01-03
to
2017-01-13
Theme keywords

underwater glider, passive acoustic monitoring, passive acoustic recorder

Abstract:

A Slocum Glider was deployed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off of Tampa Bay in January 2017. As the glider traverses its transit path, it makes measurements at various depths from ~2m to near the seafloor or up to 200m. While the glider is deployed at sea, it surfaces and communicates to an onshore control station at predetermined intervals. A decimated selection of vehicle and science measurement is transmitted during these surface transmissions, and the relevant data becomes available through a USF web site. After the glider’s recovery at the end of the deployment, much of the complete measurement suite is downloaded from the vehicle and processed, and also becomes available through the USF site as well as a national data archive. The measurements in this data set include passive acoustic recordings. Other data sets for this deployment include environmental water quality parameters, acoustic tag telemetry receiver detections, and echsounder water column data. The glider was deployed on January 3, 2017 at the 30m isobath. It attempted to transit NW along the Gulfstream Natural Gas Pipeline, however currents to the south prevented significant northward progress and eventually pushed the glider well to the south. It was recovered well south of Tampa Bay off of Longboat Key on January 13, 2017.

Suggested Citation:

Chad Lembke, David Mann, Susan Lowerre-Barbieri, Chris Taylor, Steven Murawski. Eastern Gulf of Mexico Glider Deployment M69 (01/03/17 – 01/13/17) – Passive Acoustic Recordings. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-5y6c-sj73

Purpose:

Passive acoustic recorded red grouper calls collected by underwater glider.

Data Parameters and Units:

Passive acoustic recordings

Methods:

Recordings 1 minute every 5 minutes.