Detection and localization of blue and fin whales from large-aperture autonomous hydrophone arrays: A case study from the St. Lawrence estuary

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-110

  Simard, Yvan ^a,b   Roy, Nathalie ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; DATA PROCESSING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SHIPS;

HYDROPHONE ARRAYS; INFRASOUNDS; LARGE APERTURES;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 44949186246     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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