About the Authors

Marco Brunoldi

brunoldi@fisica.unige.it

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Giorgio Bozzini

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Alessandra Casale

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Pietro Corvisiero

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Daniele Grosso

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Nicodemo Magnoli

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Jessica Alessi

Affiliation Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Carlo Nike Bianchi

Affiliation Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Alberta Mandich

Affiliation Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Carla Morri

Affiliation Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Paolo Povero

Affiliation Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Maurizio Wurtz

Affiliation Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Christian Melchiorre

Affiliation SOFTECO Sismat S.r.l, Genova, Italy

Gianni Viano

Affiliation SOFTECO Sismat S.r.l, Genova, Italy

Valentina Cappanera

Affiliation Area Marina Protetta di Portofino, Ministry for the Environment and for the Protection of Territory and Sea, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova, Italy

Giorgio Fanciulli

Affiliation Area Marina Protetta di Portofino, Ministry for the Environment and for the Protection of Territory and Sea, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova, Italy

Massimiliano Bei

Affiliation Direzione Marittima di Genova, Ministry for the Infrastructures and Transport, Genova, Italy

Nicola Stasi

Affiliation Direzione Marittima di Genova, Ministry for the Infrastructures and Transport, Genova, Italy

Mauro Taiuti

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The commercial IT company Softeco Sismat S.r.l. is one of the three associated beneficiaries of the EU LIFE+ project named ARION (grant number: LIFE09 NAT/IT/000190 ARION). The European Commission is the funding organization that provided support in the form of salaries for authors or research materials. The contribution of the authors employed by this commercial company (C. Melchiorre, GV) mainly consists of the production of data analysis tools (automated detection alarm generation, creation of the detection database, etc.) and web platforms for data sharing (smartphone app, project web site, etc.). No restrictions are applied by this commercial company on any kind of product regarding this study. This commercial affiliation does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT MW. Performed the experiments: M. Brunoldi GB AC DG MT JA PP VC GF NS M. Bei. Analyzed the data: M. Brunoldi GB AC DG MT JA PC NM CNB C. Morri AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Brunoldi GB AC DG MT C. Melchiorre GV. Wrote the paper: M. Brunoldi GB AC DG MT JA CNB C. Morri PP VC. Designed and developed the official project website: C. Melchiorre GV. Created database and web tools for data sharing and analysis (detection database, detection alarm generation, smartphone app): C. Melchiorre GV.