Chelonia Limited

  Cetacean Monitoring Systems

Products and consultancy

Products

T-POD: standard and deep water models

The T-POD is designed for monitoring porpoises, dolphins and other toothed whales and can be deployed to a depth of 150 metres. For researching deep diving cetacean species, our pressure-resistant model can be deployed to a depth of 2000 metres. Find out more...

C-POD and DeepC-POD

Chelonia is currently developing a new product: the C-POD. We anticipate that this model will be available in summer 2008. If you are planning projects for 2008, please contact us to discuss your requirements. There will also be a deep water version of the C-POD. Find out more...

Truly Alerting Device (TAD)

The TAD was designed to alert porpoises to the presence of fishing nets by emitting clicks and has been shown to attract their attention. TADs have a number of other uses such as in low population density areas where they can establish the presence of animals. Find out more...

Consultancy

We offer a range of consultancy services to help you plan and implement your project and analyse your data:

Data analysis and interpretation

Analysing data, even with the benefit of our fully automated software and tutorials, may be a challenge for less experienced users. To assist, we provide a choice of services:

Data analysis service

We will analyse your data for you and provide a full report to include:

  • File checks.
  • Data validation.
  • Statistical validation.
  • Analysis of data.
  • Tabulation of appropriate statistics on detection rates at different sites.
  • Graphical representation of any behavioural measures of interest in the data.
  • An informal assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the data set against possible uses.
  • An informal comment on how these data compare with other static acoustic monitoring studies of the same species elsewhere.

Data analysis training

For those who prefer to analyse their own data, we can provide on-site or remote training in the use of our products. Please contact us for more information on this service.