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    • Passive Acoustic Data Collection (MD WEA-CPOD)

    Metadata Updated: October 1, 2023

    Offshore wind farms allow renewable energy to be generated with little or no carbon dioxide emissions and there is little visual or noise disturbance to the public. Making decisions on when and where these wind farms are built requires a year-round understanding of the species present and their ecology, particularly for protected species that are sensitive to sound, such as marine mammals. Passive acoustic monitoring devices detected small cetacean echolocation click trains within and surrounding the Maryland Wind Energy Area in order to collect baseline data that can be used for informing siting, mitigation measures, assessing environmental impacts for future wind energy developments, and to facilitate marine spatial planning in the area. Marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and small cetacean species, such as bottlenose dolphins, short-beaked common dolphins, and harbor porpoises are known to be present in this region. We recorded echolocation clicks from small cetaceans using passive acoustic devices called C-PODs, Cetacean PODs, which are tonal click train detectors. This acoustic monitoring during 3 years in November 2014 - 2017 allowed us to capture interannual and seasonal variation in small cetacean occurrence within and surrounding the Maryland Wind Energy Area offshore of Ocean City, Maryland, USA.

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    Metadata Date August 31, 2023
    Metadata Created Date May 14, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) April 2, 2021 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NGDC MGG Passive Acoustic

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date August 31, 2023
    Metadata Created Date May 14, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) April 2, 2021 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
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    Access Constraints Cite as: H. Bailey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. 2021. Passive Acoustic Data Collection (MD WEA-CPOD). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/1as6-bb86 [access date]., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Harvest Source Title NGDC MGG Passive Acoustic
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    Temporal Extent Begin 2014-11-03T00:00:00
    Temporal Extent End 2017-01-13T00:00:00

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