Low frequency vocalizations attributed to sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1339-1349

  Baumgartner, Mark F ^a   Van Parijs, Sofie M ^b   Wenzel, Frederick W ^b   Tremblay, Christopher J ^c   Carter Esch, H ^a   Warde, Ann M ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; BOREALIS; FALSE POSITIVES; LOW FREQUENCIES; SPECTROGRAM; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; HUMPBACK WHALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALAENOPTERA; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 49249119665     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2945155     Document Type: Article

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