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How a DMON buoy operates to detect and transmit right whale location info

How a DMON buoy operates to detect and transmit right whale location info

DMON (Digital acoustic MONitoring) buoys detect whale calls and transmit information about them from the seafloor up the cable to the buoy, which relays the information to a satellite and ultimately to scientists in near-real time. (Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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