Seasonal and diurnal trends of chorusing humpback whales wintering in waters off western Maui

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 530-544

  Au, Whitlow W L ^a   Mobley, Joseph ^b   Burgess, William C ^c   Lammers, Marc O ^a   Nachtigall, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii West Oahu   (United States)

^c Greeneridge Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Chorusing sounds; Data logger; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0033937729     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00949.x     Document Type: Article

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