Monitoring Long-Term Soundscape Trends in U.S. Waters: The NOAA/NPS Ocean Noise Reference Station Network

Samara Haver1, Jason Gedamke2, Leila Hatch3, Robert P Dziak4, Sofie M. Van Parijs5, Megan McKenna6, Jay Barlow7, Catherine Berchok8, Eva DiDonato9, Brad Hanson10, Joseph Haxel11, Marla Holt10, Danielle Lipski12, Haru Matsumoto11, Christian Meinig13, David Mellinger14, Sue Moore15, Erin Oleson16, Melissa Soldevilla17 and Holger Klinck18, (1)NOAA/OSU Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, Newport, OR, United States, (2)NOAA Fisheries, Office of Science and Technology, DC, United States, (3)Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, MA, United States, (4)NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Newport, OR, United States, (5)NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)National Park Service Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, CO, United States, (7)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States, (8)NOAA NMML, WA, United States, (9)National Park Service Water Resource Division, CO, United States, (10)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, WA, United States, (11)NOAA Newport, Newport, OR, United States, (12)Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, CA, United States, (13)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (14)NOAA/OSU Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, OR, United States, (15)NOAA NMFS/Office of Science and Technology, WA, United States, (16)NOAA, Pacific Islands Fihseries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (17)NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, FL, United States, (18)Cornell University, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, United States