On the possibility of detecting surfacing sperm whales at risk of collision using others' foraging clicks

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-58

  Delory, E ^a   Andre M ^a   Navarro Mesa, J L ^b   Van Der Schaar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DETECTION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SONAR; SOUND PROPAGATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847410182     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054951     Document Type: Article

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