Passive acoustic detection of deep-diving beaked whales

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2823-2832

  Zimmer, Walter M X ^a   Harwood, John ^b   Tyack, Peter L ^c   Johnson, Mark P ^c   Madsen, Peter T ^d  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BEHAVIORS; AMBIENT NOISES; DEEP DIVES; DETECTION RANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH PROBABILITIES; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DETECTIONS; PASSIVE SONARS; SOUND PROPAGATIONS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WIND SPEEDS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CLICK; ECHOLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; FIN WHALE; HEARING; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 56749165573     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2988277     Document Type: Article

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