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    • Tethys Acoustic Metadata Database

    Metadata Updated: May 24, 2025

    The Tethys database houses the metadata associated with the acoustic data collection efforts by the Passive Acoustic Group. These metadata include dates, locations and sampling rate, among other things.

    The database platform itself was developed by colleagues at San Diego State University, and is freely available and open source. See citation details for website link.

    Access & Use Information

    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS NEFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:24687
    Access Constraints Cite As: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Tethys Acoustic Metadata Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/24687., Access Constraints: Requester must contact Point of Contact.
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 410880cc-c191-4017-95e2-bf0b361290ce
    Harvest Source Id 523189fa-8edc-48e1-9ec5-f571e7dd923c
    Harvest Source Title NMFS NEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Acoustic data are collected using a variety of recording devices, data are analyzed manually or with automated detectors for species presence, detection results are uploaded to database.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2004

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