Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sounds from the North Atlantic

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1108-1119

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

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY MODULATION;

BLUE WHALE;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; BIOACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0043069842     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1593066     Document Type: Article

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