Acoustic methods to com­pli­ment cur­rent whale mon­i­toring efforts

When it comes to monitoring the abundance and behaviors of whales, most research and conservation efforts rely on visual observations. People go out on a boat and systematically scan the ocean, clipboard in hand. "But the ocean is very vast, and it takes time to do this kind of survey," said Purnima Ratilal, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern.

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