Characterization of North Atlantic right-whale (Eubalaena glacialis) sounds in the Bay of Fundy

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-173

  Vanderlaan, Angelia S M ^a,b   Hay, Alex E ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Characterization; Frequency; Monitoring; Right whale; Sound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHONES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

SPECTROGRAMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0038044855     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2003.813943     Document Type: Article

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