RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF THE ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF OB

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Results of an acoustic monitoring conducted in the northern part of the shallow-water Gulf of Ob (the Ob River estuary, an embayment in the Kara Sea) are presented. Vessel-generated noises and communication signals from marine mammals are identified among acoustic sources. Sounds produced by beluga whales are subjected to quantitative analysis using a convolutional neural network. A model for inhomogeneous geoacoustic waveguide characteristic of this area is inferred from the data of a dedicated survey with deployment of an air gun as a low-frequency pulse source. The conclusion is drawn about the high level of attenuation of low-frequency sound during propagation. Based on the numerical simulation, the measurement results are extrapolated to other sites of the study area that potentially have sources of anthropogenic noise.

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D. S Manulchev

V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: manulchevds@gmail.com
Vladivostok, Russia

D. G Kovzel

V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: dgk06@mail.ru
Vladivostok, Russia

S. V Dudov

Lomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of Environmental Survey, Planning Assessment, JSC

Faculty of Biology Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia

V. A Gritsenko

V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladivostok, Russia

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