Estevan Sound Hydrophone Deployed 2014-06-24

The Song Meter SM2M Hydrophone SN 681524 was deployed on 2014-06-24 at Estevan Sound. Estevan Sound is located between Campania Island and the Estevan Group archipelago. This device is a Hydrophone. Hydrophones are devices containing transducers that convert underwater sound waves into electrical signals. They are acoustic instruments that can process data while they are being collected to produce calibrated waveform data. Hydrophones are typically used to study vocalizations of marine mammals, ship traffic and ambient noise. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.