Vocalizations produced by humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calves recorded in Hawaii

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1737-1746

  Zoidis, Ann M ^a   Smultea, Mari A ^b,c   Frankel, Adam S ^d   Hopkins, Julia L ^a   Day, Andy ^a   McFarland, A Sasha ^a   Whitt, Amy D ^e   Fertl, Dagmar ^e,f  

^a Cetos Research Organization   (United States)

^b Smultea Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Cetos Research Organization   (United States)

^d Hawaii Marine Mammal Consortium   (United States)

^e Geo Marine Inc   (United States)

^f Ziphius EcoServices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; HYDROPHONES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DELAY; UNDERWATER CAMERAS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ACOUSTIC DATA; NONSONG VOCALIZATIONS; UNDERWATER VIDEO;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALF (MAMMAL); FEMALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TELEVISION CAMERA; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAWAII; HUMPBACK WHALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 40749157831     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2836750     Document Type: Article

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