Hecate Strait Hydrophone Deployed 2014-06-30

The Song Meter SM2M Hydrophone SN 681520 was deployed on 2014-06-30 at Hecate Strait. The Hecate Strait is a wide and shallow strait that is located between Haida Gwaii and the British Columbia mainland. 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.