Methods for automatic detection of mysticete sounds

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 163-181

  Mellinger, David K ^a   Clark, Christopher W ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic recognition; Baleen whale; Blue whale; Finback whale; Minke whale; Mysticete; Transient sound detection; Whales

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MUSCULUS; MYSTICETI;

EID: 0000236794     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249709379005     Document Type: Article

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