Data Analytics for Monitoring of Marine Life in the Tidal Power Generation Environment

潮汐涡轮机工业的一个重大挑战是确保其装置不会对环境造成损害。 环境黑岩潮汐能（BRTP）有一个任务，以证明他们的涡轮机设计不是 在芬迪湾原计划用于FORCE试验场的涡轮机区域内造成损害。其他 与BRTP合作的研究人员正在开发一种方法，以感知高流量中的海洋生物活动 将被潮汐涡轮机使用的区域。传感包括被动声学监测（PAM）和 探测/跟踪植入海洋生物的声学标签。达尔豪西的大数据分析研究所。将 与BRTP合作开发数据分析，为公司问题提供答案。项目 将由两个主要部分组成，（1）数据采集和集成部分，以及（2）数据分析部分。在 在数据采集方面，我们将首先确定哪些非声学的、与环境相关的数据对 环境影响评估在数据分析部分，我们将开发表达 人为噪声水平与海洋生物存在的定量测量之间的关系 有数据的物种。该项目将为以下方面的所需进程开发一个关键组成部分： 适当的环境评估，这将立即用于部队项目和其他相关的 项目新的能力将使更大的潮汐涡轮机开发项目得以进行， 作为鼓励与其他潮汐能开发商合作的杠杆，并简化新的潮汐能开发项目的审批。 项目

One significant challenge for the tidal turbine industry is ensuring that their devices do not cause harm to the environment. Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP) has a mandate to demonstrate that their turbine design is not causing harm within the region of the turbine planned for the FORCE testing site in the Bay of Fundy. Other researchers collaborating with BRTP are developing methods to sense marine life activity in the high-flow regions that will be used by tidal turbines. Sensing includes Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) and detection/tracking of acoustic tags implanted in marine life. Dalhousie's Institute for Big Data Analytics. will work with BRTP on developing data analytics that will supply an answer to the company problem. The project will consist of two main parts, (1) the Data Acquisition and Integration part, and (2) the Data Analysis part. In Data Acquisition, we will first determine what non-acoustic, environment-relevant data is the most useful for environmental impact assessment. In the Data Analytics part, we will develop the models expressing the relationship between the anthropogenic noise levels and the quantitative measures of presence of marine species for which data is available. This project will develop a key component of the required process for proper environmental assessment, which will be used immediately for the FORCE project and other related projects. The new capability will enable the larger tidal turbine development project to proceed and can also be used as leverage to encourage collaboration with other tidal energy developers and to ease approval for new projects.