A wideband connection to sperm whales: A fiber-optic, deep-sea hydrophone array

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 428-436

  Heerfordt, Anders ^a   Møhl, Bertel ^b   Wahlberg, Magnus ^b,c  

^a CSC Denmark A/S   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Fjord and Bælt ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

69 N 15 E; And y; Andenes; Arrays; Bioacoustics; Bleik canyon; Fibre optics; Hydrophones; Norway; Vester len

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; HYDROPHONES; SAMPLING; SONAR;

ANDENES; BIOACOUSTICS; BLEIK CANYON; HYDROPHONE ARRAY; SONAR PULSES; SPERM WHALES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; BIOACOUSTICS; DATA TRANSMISSION; FIBER OPTICS; HYDROPHONE; SIGNAL; SONAR; WHALE;

ANDENES; ANDOYA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BLEIK CANYON; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA; VESTERALEN;

CETACEA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847321121     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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