Marine Mammal Passive Acoustic Monitoring, NWFSC

Lab manual

The Marine Mammal Ecology Team conducts research using passive acoustic monitoring to support NOAA’s management needs. We are part of the Conservation Biology Division at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, Washington.

This lab manual serves as a handbook for the information to support our science.

Southern resident killer whales with R/V Shimada. Photo by Candice Emmons taken under Federal Research Permit

Team Members

Brad Hanson, MMET Team Leader, Wildlife Biologist

Marla Holt, Research Wildlife Biologist

Candice Emmons, Research fish Biologist

Arial Brewer, Bioacoustician and Data Manager

Location

2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112

Additional NMFS PAM Lab Manuals

• PIFSC: Pacific Islands Fisheries

• SWFSC: Southwest Fisheries)

• AFSC: Alaska Fisheries

• SEFSC: Southeast Fisheries

• NEFSC: Northeast Fisheries

• National PAM Network