Blue and fin whale acoustic presence around Antarctica during 2003 and 2004

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Širović, Ana ^a,c   Hildebrand, John A ^a   Wiggins, Sean M ^a   Thiele, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Balaenoptera physalus; Blue whale; Circumpolar; Distribution; Fin whale; Passive acoustics; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROSS SEA; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 58349088597     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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