Seasonal occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sounds in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2001

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-62

  Mellinger, David K ^a   Stafford, Kathleen M ^b   Fox, Christopher G ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic detection; Autonomous hydrophone; Physeter macrocephalus; Remote acoustic survey; Sperm whale sound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROPHONE; SEASONALITY; WHALE;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0347900644     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01140.x     Document Type: Review

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