PMEL Publications Search Results

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Fiscal Year 2026

Cont. #: 5611

Harris, D., L. Thomas, J. Hildebrand, T. Clarke, D. Gillespie, D.K. Mellinger, S. Wiggins, and K. Heaney (2025): Estimating the detection probability of long-ranging baleen whale song using a single sensor: towards density estimation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 158(6), 4582–4593, doi: 10.1121/10.0036892, View open access article at JASA (external link).

Cont. #: 5838

Holt, M.M., C.K. Emmons, R.P. Dziak, D.K. Mellinger, and S.M. Haver (2026): Underwater acoustic monitoring desktop study: A collaborative initiative between Port of Seattle (PoS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC 207, U.S. Department of Commerce, doi: 10.25923/g589-6539, Link to this report..

Cont. #: 5643

Pereira, A., C.S. Marques, R. Hilmo, D.K. Mellinger, W. Wilcock, D.V. Harris, and L. Matias (2026): Classifying accuracy of fin whale range estimates from single seismic sensors. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 159(2), 1430–1445, doi: 10.1121/10.0042399, View article at the Acoustical Society of America (external link).

Fiscal Year 2025

Cont. #: 5676

Dziak, R.P., S. Haver, L. Roche, D. Mellinger, and J. Gedamke (2025): North Pacific Ocean sound levels 2018-2022: COVID-19 pandemic impacts on anthropogenic noise. npj Acoustics, 1(15), doi: 10.1038/s44384-025-00017-6, View open access article at Nature Publishing (external link).

Cont. #: 5610

Pascoe, D., J.L. Spiesberger, and D.K. Mellinger (2024): Unreported large errors in a common method for sound source localization of marine mammals. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 156(6), 3780–3787, doi: 10.1121/10.0034547, View article online at the Acoustical Society of America/AIP (external link).

Fiscal Year 2024

Cont. #: 5473

Dziak, R.P., H. Matsumoto, S.M. Haver, D.K. Mellinger, L. Roche, J. Haxel, S. Stalin, C. Meinig, K. Kohlman, A. Sremba, and J. Gedamke (2023): PMEL Passive Acoustics Research: Quantifying the ocean soundscape from whales to wave energy. Oceanography, 36(2–3), 196–205, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2023.203, View open access article online at Oceanography (external link).

Cont. #: 5344

Kohlman, C., M.F. Cronin, R.P. Dziak, D. Mellinger, A.J. Sutton, M. Galbraith, M. Robert, J. Thomson, D. Zhang, and L. Thompson (2024): The 2019 marine heatwave at Ocean Station Papa: A multi-disciplinary assessment of ocean conditions and impacts on marine ecosystems. J. Geophys. Res., 129(6), e2023JC020167, doi: 10.1029/2023JC020167, View open access article at AGU/Wiley (external link).

Cont. #: 5501

McCullough, J.L.K., E.E. Henderson, J.S. Trickey, J. Barlow, S. Baumann-Pickering, R. Manzano-Roth, G. Alongi, S. Martin, S. Fregosi, D.K. Mellinger, H. Klinck, A.R. Szesciorka, and E.M. Oleson (2024): Geographic distribution of the Cross Seamount beaked whale based on acoustic detections. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 40(1), 164-183, doi: 10.1111/mms.13061, View article at Wiley (external link).

Cont. #: 5326

Romagosa, M., S. Nieukirk, I. Cascão, T.A. Marques, R.P. Dziak, J.-Y. Royer, J. O’Brien, D.K. Mellinger, A. Pereira, A. Ugalde, E. Papale, S. Aniceto, G. Buscaino, M. Rasmussen, L. Matias, R. Prieto, and M.A. Silva (2024): Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic. eLife, 13, e83750, doi: 10.7554/eLife.83750, View open access article at eLife (external link).

Fiscal Year 2023

Cont. #: 5101

Fregosi, S., D.V. Harris, H. Matsumoto, D.K. Mellinger, S.W. Martin, B. Matsuyama, J. Barlow, and H. Klinck (2022): Detection probability and density estimation of fin whales by a Seaglider. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 152(4), 2277, doi: 10.1121/10.0014793, View online at JASA (external link).

Fiscal Year 2022

Cont. #: 5192

Haver, S.M., J.D. Adams, L.T. Hatch, S.M. Van Parijs, R.P. Dziak, J. Haxel, S.A. Heppell, M.F. McKenna, D.K. Mellinger, and J. Gedamke (2021): Large vessel activity and low-frequency underwater sound benchmarks in United States waters. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, 669528, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.669528, View online (open access).

Cont. #: 5378

Haver, S.M., J.D. Adams, L.T. Hatch, S.M. Van Parijs, R.P. Dziak, J. Haxel, S.A. Heppell, M.F. McKenna, D.K. Mellinger, and J. Gedamke (2022): Corrigendum: Large vessel activity and low-frequency underwater sound benchmarks in United States waters. Front. Mar. Sci., 9, 881644, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.881644, View corrigendum online (open access).

Cont. #: 5254

Yun, S., W.S. Lee, R.P. Dziak, L. Roche, H. Matsumoto, T.-K. Lau, A. Sremba, D.K. Mellinger, J.H. Haxel, S.-G. Kang, J.K. Hong, and Y. Park (2021): Quantifying soundscapes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica using long-term Autonomous Underwater Hydroacoustic monitoring systems. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, 703411, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.703411, View online (open access).

Fiscal Year 2021

Cont. #: 5141

Martin, S.B., B.J. Gaudet, H. Klinck, P.J. Dugan, J.L. Miksis-Olds, D.K. Mellinger, D.A. Mann, O. Boebel, C.C. Wilson, D.W. Ponirakis, and H. Moors-Murphy (2021): Hybrid millidecade spectra: A practical format for exchange of long-term ambient sound data. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Express Lett., 1(1), 011203, doi: 10.1121/10.0003324, View online (open access).

Fiscal Year 2020

Cont. #: 5055

Davis, G., M.F. Baumgartner, P.J. Corkeron, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J.M. Bonnell, S. Brault, G. Buchanan, D. Cholewiak, C.W. Clark, J. Delarue, H. Klinck, S. Kraus, B. Martin, L. Hatch, S. Nieukirk, D.K. Mellinger, H Moors-Murphy, D.P. Nowacek, S. Parks, D. Parry, N. Pegg, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Scott, M. Soldevilla, J.E. Stanistreet, K. Stafford, E. Summers, J. Bort Thornton, S. Todd, and S.M. Van Parijs (2020): Changing distribution and movement patterns of humpback, sei, fin and blue whales in the western North Atlantic (2004-2014) using passive acoustic data. Global Change Biol., 26(9), 4812-4840, doi: 10.1111/gcb.15191, View online.

Cont. #: 4931

Fregosi, S., D.V. Harris, H. Matsumoto, D.K. Mellinger, J. Barlow, S. Baumann-Pickering, and H. Klinck (2020): Detections of whale vocalizations by simultaneously deployed bottom-moored and deep-water mobile autonomous hydrophones. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, 721, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00721, View online (open access).

Cont. #: 4932

Fregosi, S., D.V. Harris, H. Matsumoto, D.K. Mellinger, C. Negretti, D.J. Moretti, S.W. Martin, B. Matsuyama, P.J. Dugan, and H. Klinck (2020): Comparison of fin whale 20 Hz call detections by deep-water mobile autonomous and stationary recorders. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 147(2), 961, doi: 10.1121/10.0000617, View online.

Cont. #: 5049

Haver, S.M., Z. Rand, L.T. Hatch, D. Lipski, R.P. Dziak, J. Gedamke, J. Haxel, S.A. Heppell, J. Jahncke, M.F. McKenna, D.K. Mellinger, W.K. Oestreich, L. Roche, J. Ryan, and S.M. Van Parijs (2020): Seasonal trends and primary contributors to the low-frequency soundscape of the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 148(2), 845, doi: 10.1121/10.0001726, View online.

Cont. #: 5025

Nieukirk, S.L., D.K. Mellinger, R.P. Dziak, H. Matsumoto, and H. Klinck (2020): Multi-year occurrence of sei whale calls in North Atlantic polar waters. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 147(3), 1842–1850, doi: 10.1121/10.0000931, View online.

Fiscal Year 2019

Cont. #: 4779

Fournet, M.E.H., L.P. Matthews, C.M. Gabriele, S. Haver, D.K. Mellinger, and H. Klinck (2018): Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) alter calling behavior in response to natural sounds and vessel noise. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 607, 251–268, doi: 10.3354/meps12784, View online.

Cont. #: 4973

Haver, S.M., M.E.H. Fournet, R.P. Dziak, C. Gabriele, J. Gedamke, L.T. Hatch, J. Haxel, S.A. Heppell, M.F. McKenna, D.K. Mellinger, and S.M. Van Parijs (2019): Comparing the underwater soundscapes of four U.S. national parks and marine sanctuaries. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 500, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00500, View online.

Fiscal Year 2018

Cont. #: 4721

Davis, G.E., M.F. Baumgartner, J.M. Bonnell, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J. Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G. Buchanan, R.A. Charif, D. Cholewiak, C.W. Clark, P. Corkeron, J. Delarue, K. Dudzinski, L. Hatch, J. Hildebrand, L. Hodge, H. Klinck, S. Kraus, B. Martin, D.K. Mellinger, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D. Nowacek, S. Parks, A. Read, A.N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Širović, M. Soldevilla, K. Stafford, J. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, A. Warde, and S.M. Van Parijs (2017): Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014. Sci. Rep., 7, 13460, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13359-3, View online (open access).

Cont. #: 4680

Fournet, M.E.H., C.M. Gabriele, D.C. Culp, F. Sharpe, D.K. Mellinger, R. Payne, and H. Klinck (2018): Some things never change: Multi-decadal stability of humpback whale calling repertoire on Southeast Alaskan foraging grounds. Sci. Rep., 8, 13186, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31527-x, View online (open access).

Cont. #: 4784

Fournet, M.E.H., L. Jacobsen, C.M. Gabriele, D.K. Mellinger, and H. Klinck (2018): More of the same: Allopatric humpback whale populations share acoustic repertoire. PeerJ, 6, e5365, doi: 10.7717/peerj.5365, View online (open access).

Cont. #: 4732

Fournet, M.E.H., L. Matthews, C.M. Gabriele, D.K. Mellinger, and H. Klinck (2018): Source levels of foraging humpback whale calls. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 143(2), EL105–EL111, doi: 10.1121/1.5023599.

Cont. #: 4695

Haver, S.M., J. Gedamke, L.T. Hatch, R.P. Dziak, S. Van Parijs, M.F. McKenna, J.P. Barlow, C. Berchok, E. DiDonato, B. Hanson, J. Haxel, M. Holt, D. Lipski, H. Matsumoto, C. Meinig, D.K. Mellinger, S.E. Moore, E.M. Oleson, M.S. Soldevilla, and H. Klinck (2018): Monitoring long-term soundscape trends in U.S. waters: The NOAA/NPS Ocean Noise Reference Station Network. Mar. Policy, 90, 6–13, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.01.023.

Fiscal Year 2017

Cont. #: 4362

Balcazar, N.E., H. Klinck, S.L. Nieukirk, D.K. Mellinger, K. Klinck, R.P. Dziak, and T.L. Rogers (2017): Using calls as an indicator for Antarctic blue whale distribution and occurrence across the southwest Pacific and southeast Indian oceans. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 33(1), 172–186, doi: 10.1111/mms.12373.

Cont. #: 4430

Dziak, R.P., J.H. Haxel, T.-K. Lau, S. Heimlich, J. Caplan-Auerbach, D.K. Mellinger, H. Matsumoto, and B. Mate (2017): A pulsed-air model of blue whale B call vocalizations. Scientific Reports, 7, 9122, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09423-7, Available online.

Cont. #: 4605

Dziak, R.P., J.H. Haxel, H. Matsumoto, T.-K. Lau, S. Heimlich, S. Nieukirk, D.K. Mellinger, J. Osse, C. Meinig, N. Delich, and S. Stalin (2017): Ambient sound at Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench. Oceanography, 30(2), 186–197, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.240.

Cont. #: 4597

Küsel, E.T., T. Munoz, M. Siderius, D.K. Mellinger, and S. Heimlich (2017): Marine mammal tracks from two-hydrophone acoustic recordings made with a glider. Ocean Sci., 13, 273–288, doi: 10.5194/os-13-273-2017.

Fiscal Year 2016

Cont. #: 4172

Balcazar, N.E., J.S. Tripovich, H. Klinck, S.L. Nieukirk, D.K. Mellinger, R.P. Dziak, and T.L. Rogers (2015): Calls reveal population structure of blue whales across the southeast Indian Ocean and southwest Pacific Ocean. J. Mammal., 96(6), 1184–1193, doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv126.

Cont. #: 4401

Fregosi, S., H. Klinck, M. Horning, D.P. Costa, D. Mann, K. Sexton, L.A. Hückstädt, D.K. Mellinger, and B.L. Southall (2016): An animal-borne active acoustic tag for minimally invasive behavioral response studies on marine mammals. Animal Biotelemetry, 4, 9, doi: 10.1186/s40317-016-0101-z.

Cont. #: 4524

Küsel, E.T., M. Siderius, and D.K. Mellinger (2016): Single-sensor, cue-counting population density estimation: Average probability of detection of broadband clicks. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140(3), 1894–1903, doi: 10.1121/1.4962753.

Cont. #: 4478

Nieukirk, S.L., S. Fregosi, D.K. Mellinger, and H. Klinck (2016): A complex baleen whale call recorded in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140(3), EL274, doi: 10.1121/1.4962377.

Fiscal Year 2015

Cont. #: 4162

Dziak, R.P., D.R. Bohnenstiehl, K.M. Stafford, H. Matsumoto, M. Park, W.S. Lee, M.J. Fowler, T.-K. Lau, J.H. Haxel, and D.K. Mellinger (2015): Sources and levels of ambient ocean sound near the Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0123425, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123425.

Cont. #: 4160

Fournet, M.E., D.K. Mellinger, and A. Szabo (2015): Repertoire and classification of non-song calls in Southeast Alaskan humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 137(1), doi: 10.1121/1.4904504.

Cont. #: 4413

Klinck, H., S. Fregosi, H. Matsumoto, A. Turpin, D.K. Mellinger, A. Erofeev, J.A. Barth, R.K. Shearman, K. Jafarmadar, and R. Stelzer (2015): Mobile autonomous platforms for passive-acoustic monitoring of high-frequency cetaceans. In Robotic Sailing 2015: Proceedings of the 8th International Robotic Sailing Conference, A. Friebe and F. Haug (eds.), Springer International Publishing, 29–37, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23335-2_3.

Cont. #: 4249

Risch, D., M. Castellote, C.W. Clark, G.E. Davis, P.J. Dugan, L.E.W. Hodge, A. Kumar, K. Lucke, D.K. Mellinger, S.L. Nieukirk, M. Popescu, C. Ramp, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, M.A. Silva, U. Siebert, K.M. Stafford, H. Verdaat, and S.M. Van Parijs (2014): Seasonal migrations of North Atlantic minke whales: Novel insights from large-scale passive acoustic monitoring networks. Movement Ecol., 2(24), doi: 10.1186/s40462-014-0024-3.

Cont. #: 4101

Tripovich, J.S., H. Klinck, S.L. Nieukirk, T. Adams, D.K. Mellinger, N.E. Balcazar, K. Klinck, E.J.S. Hall, and T.L. Rogers (2015): Temporal segregation of the Australian and Antarctic blue whale call types (Balaenoptera musculus spp.). J. Mammal., 96(3), 603–610, doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv065.

Fiscal Year 2014

Cont. #: 4187

Denes, S.L., J.L. Miksis-Olds, D.K. Mellinger, and J.A. Nystuen (2014): Assessing the cross platform performance of marine mammal indicators between two collocated acoustic recorders. Ecological Informatics, 21, 74–80, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.10.005.

Cont. #: 4142

Dziak, R.P., H. Matsumoto, D.R. Bohnenstiehl, K.M. Stafford, M. Park, W.S. Lee, H. Klinck, M.J. Fowler, T.-K. Lau, J.H. Haxel, and D.K. Mellinger (2014): Sources of long-term ambient ocean sound near the Antarctic Peninsula. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustics (UA2014), Island of Rhodes, Greece, 22–27 June 2014, 157–165. [PDF]

Fiscal Year 2013

Cont. #: 3665

Hayes, S.A., N.M. Teutschel, C.J. Michel, C. Champagne, P.W. Robinson, T. Yack, D. Mellinger, S. Simmons, D.P. Costa, and R.B. MacFarlane (2013): Mobile receivers: Releasing the mooring to 'see' where fish go. Environ. Biol. Fish., 96(2–3), 189–201, doi: 10.1007/s10641-011-9940-x.

Cont. #: 3698

Marques, T.A., L. Thomas, S. Martin, D.K. Mellinger, J. Ward, and P. Tyack (2013): Estimating animal population density using passive acoustics. Biol. Rev., 88(2), 287–309, doi: 10.1111/brv.12001.

Cont. #: 3685

Martin, S.W., T.A. Marques, L. Thomas, R.P. Morrissey, S. Jarvis, N. DiMarzio, D. Moretti, and D.K. Mellinger (2013): Estimating minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) boing sound density using passive acoustic sensors. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 29(1), 142–158, doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00561.x.

Cont. #: 3846

Matsumoto, H., C. Jones, H. Klinck, D.K. Mellinger, R.P. Dziak, and C. Meinig (2013): Tracking beaked whales with a passive acoustic profiler float. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 133(2), 731–740, doi: 10.1121/1.4773260.

Fiscal Year 2012

Cont. #: 3784

Klinck, H., D.K. Mellinger, K. Klinck, N.M. Bogue, J.C. Luby, W.A. Jump, G.B. Shilling, T. Litchendorf, A.S. Wood, G.S. Schorr, and R.W. Baird (2012): Near-real-time acoustic monitoring of beaked whales and other cetaceans using a Seaglider™. PLoS ONE, 7(5), e36128, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036128.

Cont. #: 3819

Klinck, H., S.L. Nieukirk, D.K. Mellinger, K. Klinck, H. Matsumoto, and R.P. Dziak (2012): Seasonal presence of cetaceans and ambient noise levels in polar waters of the North Atlantic. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. - Express Lett., 132(3), EL176–EL181, doi: 10.1121/1.4740226.

Cont. #: 3515

Nieukirk, S.L., D.K. Mellinger, S.E. Moore, K. Klinck, R.P. Dziak, and J. Goslin (2012): Sounds from airguns and fin whales recorded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 1999–2009. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131(2), 1102–1112, doi: 10.1121/1.3672648.

Fiscal Year 2011

Cont. #: 3607

Klinck, H., and D.K. Mellinger (2011): The Energy Ratio Mapping Algorithm: A tool to improve the energy-based detection of odontocete echolocation clicks. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129(4), 1807–1812, doi: 10.1121/1.3531924.

Cont. #: 3648

Küsel, E.T., D.K. Mellinger, L. Thomas, T.A. Marques, D. Moretti, and J. Ward (2011): Cetacean population density estimation from single fixed sensors using passive acoustics. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129(6), 3610–3622, doi: 10.1121/1.3583504.

Cont. #: 3522

Mellinger, D.K., R.P. Morrissey, S.W. Martin, L. Thomas, T.A. Marques, and J. Yosco (2011): A method for detecting whistles, moans, and other frequency contour sounds. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129(6), 4055–4061, doi: 10.1121/1.3531926.

Cont. #: 3282

Mellinger, D.K., S. Nieukirk, K. Klinck, H. Klinck, and R.P. Dziak (2011): Confirmation of right whales near a nineteenth-century whaling ground east of southern Greenland. Biol. Lett., 7(3), 411–413, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1191.

Cont. #: 3584

Roch, M.A., H. Klinck, S. Baumann-Pickering, D.K. Mellinger, S. Qui, M.S. Soldevilla, and J.A. Hildebrand (2011): Classification of echolocation clicks from odontocetes in the Southern California Bight. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129(1), 467–475, doi: 10.1121/1.3514383.

Fiscal Year 2010

Cont. #: 3283

Klinck, H., D.K. Mellinger, K. Klinck, J. Hager, L. Kinderman, and O. Boebel (2010): Long-range underwater vocalizations of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga). J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 128(1), 474–479, doi: 10.1121/1.3442362.

Cont. #: 3451

Stafford, K.M., S.E. Moore, P.J. Stabeno, D.V. Holliday, J.M. Napp, and D.K. Mellinger (2010): Biophysical ocean observation in the southeastern Bering Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02606, doi: 10.1029/2009GL040724.

Fiscal Year 2008

Cont. #: 3099

Dziak, R.P., J.H. Haxel, H. Matsumoto, T.K. Lau, S.M. Merle, C.E.J. de Ronde, R.W. Embley, and D.K. Mellinger (2008): Observations of regional seismicity and local harmonic tremor at Brothers Volcano, south Kermadec arc, using an ocean bottom hydrophone array. J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08S04, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005533.

Cont. #: 3147

Mellinger, D.K. (2008): A neural network for classifying clicks of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). Can. Acoust., 36(1), 55–59.

Cont. #: 2941

Mellinger, D.K., S.L. Nieukirk, H. Matsumoto, S.L. Heimlich, R.P. Dziak, J. Haxel, M. Fowler, C. Meinig, and H.V. Miller (2007): Seasonal occurrence of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) vocalizations at two sites on the Scotian Shelf. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 23(4), 856–867, doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00144.x.

Cont. #: 3116

Mellinger, D.K., K.M. Stafford, S.E. Moore, R.P. Dziak, and H. Matsumoto (2007): An overview of fixed passive acoustic observation methods for cetaceans. Oceanography, 20(4), 36–45, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2007.03.

Cont. #: 2900

Stafford, K.M., D.K. Mellinger, S.E. Moore, and C.G. Fox (2007): Seasonal variability and detection range modeling of baleen whale calls in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999–2002. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122(6), 3378–3390, doi: 10.1121/1.2799905.

Fiscal Year 2007

Cont. #: 3077

Dziak, R.P., M. Park, H. Matsumoto, D.R. Bohnenstiehl, J.H. Haxel, D.K. Mellinger, K. Stafford, and W.S. Lee (2007): Hydroacoustic monitoring of the Bransfield Strait and Drake Passage, Antarctica: A first analysis of seafloor seismicity, cryogenic acoustic sources, and cetacean vocalizations. In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic and Earth Science, Santa Barbara, August 2007, 5 pp.

Cont. #: 3072

Mellinger, D.K., J.W. Bradbury, and K.A. Cortopassi (2007): Acoustic measurement of marine mammal sounds in noisy environments. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies Results, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 25–29 June 2007, 8 pp.

Cont. #: 2939

Mellinger, D.K., and C.W. Clark (2006): MobySound: A reference archive for studying automatic recognition of marine mammal sounds. Appl. Acoust., 67(11–12), 1226–1242, doi: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.06.002.

Fiscal Year 2006

Cont. #: 2998

Matsumoto, H., R.P. Dziak, D.K. Mellinger, M. Fowler, A. Lau, C. Meinig, J. Bumgardner, and W. Hannah (2006): Autonomous hydrophones at NOAA/OSU and a new seafloor sentry system for real-time detection of acoustic events. In Oceans'06 MTS/IEEE-Boston, Boston, MA, 18–21 September 2006, 4 pp. [PDF]

Cont. #: 2864

Moore, S.E., K.M. Stafford, D.K. Mellinger, and J.A. Hildebrand (2006): Listening for large whales in the offshore waters of Alaska. BioScience, 56(1), 49–55, doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0049:LFLWIT]2.0.CO;2.

Cont. #: 2710

Wright, A.J., J.C. Goold, S.A. Kuczaj, R. Thames, J.J. Newcomb, D.K. Mellinger, and M. Snyder (2006): Bathymetry, meteorology, and diurnal patterns in sperm whale behaviour. In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 5 pp.

Fiscal Year 2005

Cont. #: 2784

Heimlich, S.L., D.K. Mellinger, S.L. Nieukirk, and C.G. Fox (2005): Types, distribution, and seasonal occurrence of sounds attributed to Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni) recorded in the eastern tropical Pacific, 1999–2001. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 118(3), 1830–1837, doi: 10.1121/1.1992674.

Cont. #: 2604

Mellinger, D.K., K.M. Stafford, S.E. Moore, L. Munger, and C.G. Fox (2004): Detection of North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) calls in the Gulf of Alaska. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 20(4), 872–879, doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01198.x.

Cont. #: 2700

Munger, L.M., D.K. Mellinger, S.M. Wiggins, S.E. Moore, and J.A. Hildebrand (2005): Performance of spectrogram cross-correlation in detecting right whale calls in long-term recordings from the Bering Sea. Can. Acoust., 33(2), 25–34.

Cont. #: 2706

Stafford, K.M., D.R. Bohnenstiehl, M. Tolstoy, E. Chapp, D.K. Mellinger, and S.E. Moore (2004): Antarctic-type blue whale calls recorded at low latitudes in the Indian and the eastern Pacific Oceans. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I, 51(10), 1337–1346, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.05.007.

Fiscal Year 2004

Cont. #: 2607

Hayes, S.A., A. Kumar, D.P. Costa, D.K. Mellinger, J.T. Harvey, B.L. Southall, and B.J. LeBoeuf (2004): Evaluating the function of the male harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) roar through playback experiments. Anim. Behav., 67(6), 1133–1139, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.06.019.

Cont. #: 2586

Matsumoto, H., S. Nieukirk, M. Fowler, J. Haxel, S. Heimlich, D.K. Mellinger, R. Dziak, and C.G. Fox (2004): Sound in the sea: Hands-on experience with NOAA VENTS Program. In Proceedings of Oceans 2003 Marine Technology and Ocean Science Conference, San Diego, CA, 22–26 September 2003, 1565–1571.

Cont. #: 2659

Mellinger, D.K. (2004): A comparison of methods for detecting right whale calls. Can. Acoust., 32(2), 55–65.

Cont. #: 2519

Mellinger, D.K., K.M. Stafford, and C.G. Fox (2004): Seasonal occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sounds in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999–2001. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 20(1), 48–62, doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01140.x.

Cont. #: 2603

Nieukirk, S.L., K.M. Stafford, D.K. Mellinger, R.P. Dziak, and C.G. Fox (2004): Low-frequency whale and seismic airgun sounds recorded from the mid-Atlantic Ocean. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 115(4), 1832–1843, doi: 10.1121/1.1675816.

Fiscal Year 2003

Cont. #: 2557

Mellinger, D., and J. Barlow, co-convenors (2003): Future directions for acoustic marine mammal surveys: Stock assessment and habitat use—Report of a workshop held in La Jolla, California, 20–22 November 2002. NOAA OAR Special Report, NTIS: PB2003-104277, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA, 38 pp. [Full Text]

Cont. #: 2606

Mellinger, D.K., and C.W. Clark (2003): Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sounds from the North Atlantic. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 114(2), 1108–1119, doi: 10.1121/1.1593066.

Cont. #: 2608

Mellinger, D.K., A. Thode, and A. Martinez (2003): Passive acoustic monitoring of sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico, with a model of acoustic detection distance. In Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA, January 2002, 493–501.

Cont. #: 2609

Thode, A.M., D. Mellinger, and A. Martinez (2003): Depth-dependent behavioral and spectral features of diving sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Gulf of Mexico. In Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA, January 2002, 503–508.

Cont. #: 2605

Van Parijs, S.M., P.J. Corkeron, J. Harvey, S.A. Hayes, D.K. Mellinger, P.A. Rouget, P.M. Thompson, M. Wahlberg, and K.M. Kovacs (2003): Patterns in the vocalizations of male harbor seals. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 113(6), 3403–3410, doi: 10.1121/1.1568943.

Cont. #: 2504

Waite, J.M., K. Wynne, and D.K. Mellinger (2003): Documented sighting of a North Pacific right whale in the Gulf of Alaska and post-sighting acoustic monitoring. Northwestern Nat., 84, 38–43.

Fiscal Year 2002

Cont. #: 2004

Charif, R.A., D.K. Mellinger, K.J. Dunsmore, K.M. Fristrup, and C.W. Clark (2002): Estimated source levels of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) vocalizations: Adjustments for surface interference. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 18(1), 81–98, doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01020.x.

Cont. #: 2434

Mellinger, D.K. (2002): Ishmael 1.0 User's Guide. ISHMAEL: Integrated System for Holistic Multi-channel Acoustic Exploration and Localization. NOAA Tech. Memo. OAR PMEL-120, NTIS: PB2002-105264, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, 26 pp. [PDF]

Cont. #: 2005

Thode, A., D.K. Mellinger, S. Stienessen, A. Martinez, and K. Mullin (2002): Depth-dependent acoustic features of diving sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 112(1), 308–321, doi: 10.1121/1.1482077.

Fiscal Year 2001

Cont. #: 1979

Mellinger, D.K., C.D. Carson, and C.W. Clark (2000): Characteristics of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) pulse trains recorded near Puerto Rico. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 16(4), 739–756, doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00969.x.

Fiscal Year 2000

Cont. #: 1963

Hayes, S.A., D.K. Mellinger, D.A. Croll, D.P. Costa, and J.F. Borsani (2000): An inexpensive passive acoustic system for recording and localizing wild animal sounds. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 107(6), 3552–3555, doi: 10.1121/1.429424.

Cont. #: 1910

Mellinger, D.K., and C.W. Clark (2000): Recognizing transient low-frequency whale sounds by spectrogram correlation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 107(6), 3518–3529, doi: 10.1121/1.429434.