Calibration and comparison of the acoustic location methods used during the spring migration of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, off Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 1984-1993

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3509-3517

  Clark, Christopher W ^a   Ellison, William T ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Marine Acoustics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; WHALES;

EID: 0034094207     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429421     Document Type: Article

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