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The use of passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) around marine developments is commonplace. A buffer-based PAM system (e.g., C-POD) is a cost-effective method for assessing cetacean acoustic presence. Devices have been deployed by Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Marine around the United Kingdom, allowing an examination of the performance of C-PODs with respect to background noise, tilt angle, and environmental factors. C-PODs were found to often only monitor for a few seconds of each minute, resulting in significant loss of monitoring time. Issues were likely driven by environmental and deployment factors. The practical limitations of buffer-based PAM systems in high-energy/noisy environments are indicated here.
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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5667, United States.
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Institute for Environmental Design & Engineering, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom.
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September 2025
IMVIA UR 7535, Université Bourgogne Europe, 21000 Dijon, France.
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Research Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
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State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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