Passive acoustic monitoring and automated detection of gadoid fish species in marine renewable development areas
The main aim of the project is to conduct passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) of gadoid fish species within potential marine renewable development areas.
To achieve this goal PAM of selected gadoid fish species is being done in the wild (and possibly in captivity) during fish spawning.
Obtained data, together with other underwater acoustic datasets, serve as a base to test already existing automated detectors and to build new detectors that ease the time-consuming acoustic data analysis process. The last step of the project is to analyse underwater acoustic data recorded within possible marine renewable deployment areas to assess presence/absence of fish species of interest.
Supervisors
Dr Denise Risch, SAMS
Dr Clive Fox, SAMS
Maarten Van Walstijn, Queen's University Belfast
Dr Ian Davies, Marine Scotland Science
University
University of the Highlands and Islands
Funder
European Union's INTERREG 5A Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body
Duration
Oct 2018 - Sep 2021
Peer-reviewed publications
De Vreese SS., van der Schaar M., Weissenberger J., Erbs F., Kosecka M., Solé M., André M. (2018) Marine mammal acoustic detections in the Greenland and Barents Sea, 2013 – 2014 seasons. Scientific Reports 8(1)
Koblitz J. C., Amundin M., Carlström J., Thomas L., Carlén I., Teilmann J., Tregenza N., Wennerberg D., Kyhn L., Signe Svegaard S., Koza R., Kosecka M., Pawliczka I., Ljungqvist C.T., Brundiers K., Wright A., Mikkelsen L., Tougaard J., Olli Loisa O., Anders Galatius A., Jüssi I., Benke H. (2014) Large-scale static acoustic survey of a low-density population—Estimating the abundance of the Baltic Sea harbor porpoise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136; 2248
Conference talks
Kosecka M., Gill A., Norro A., Sigray P., Folegot T., Andre M, Risch D., Gabriel J., Judd A., Andersson M., Thomsen F. (2016) Audibility and Potential Impacts of Noise Generated by Marine Renewable Energy Devices on Low-Frequency Cetaceans: Assessment Based on the MaRVEN Project Results; Fourth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Dublin, Ireland
Poster presentations
Kosecka M., Skóra K.E, Pawliczka I., Koza R., Verfuß U. , Tregenza N. (2013) Acoustic data reveal the seasonal occurrence of harbour porpoise in the Puck Bay, Southern Baltic. Abstract book: 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 8th-10th April, Setubal, Portugal
Kosecka M., Falkowska L., PawliczkaI., SkóraK.E. (2012) Mercury concentration in Baltic Sea grey seal Halichoerus grypus living in captivity and in the wild. Abstract book: 26th European Cetacean Society Conference 26th-28th March 2012, Galway Ireland; pp.285
Krugel K., Verfuß U., Herrmann A., Gallus A., Kosecka M., Pawliczka I., Skóra K. E., Benke H. (2012) Examining the quality of different automatic train detection classifiers and human visual classifiers in the C-POD software. Abstract book: 26th European Cetacean Society Conference 26th-28th March 2012, Galway Ireland; pp.150; 2012
Other research outputs
Thomsen F., Gill A., Kosecka M., Andersson M., Andre M., Degraer S., Folegot T., Gabriel J., Judd A., Neumann T., Norro A. (2015) MaRVEN - Environmental impacts of noise, vibrations and electromagnetic emissions from marine renewable energy: final study report. ISBN: 978-92-79-54977-9; ISSN: 1831-9424 DOI: 10.2777/272281; EU
Employment history
Since Oct 2018 PhD student at SAMS, UK
2017-18 Bioacoustic Researcher. Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona Tech (UPC), Spain
2014-16 Senior Specialist - marine mammals and underwater noise. Danish Hydrological Institute, Gdynia, Poland
2013-14 Acoustic Data Analyst. Foundation for the Development of the University of Gdansk, Poland
2010-14 Technician. University of Gdansk, Poland
Qualifications
2009 Master in Oceanography (specialisation: physical oceanography). Uniersity of Gdansk, Poland