Detection and classification of beaked whale echolocation clicks recorded on bottom-moored EARS buoys in the northern Gulf of Mexico from July-October 2015

This dataset contains a subset of LADC passive acoustic system EARS buoys data which was collected in 2015 (data inventory can be found in R4.x261.233:0005) and is used to identify three different species of beaked whales in the Gulf of Mexico. The species of beaked whales examined in this dataset are Cuvier’s beaked whale, Gervais’ beaked whale, and an unidentified species that we labeled "BWG", which stands for Beaked Whale of the Gulf. Recordings were processed using a click detection algorithm. Then unsupervised as well as supervised classification algorithms were evaluated for distinguishing species by echolocation features.