Seasonal changes in the vocal behavior of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Disko Bay, Western-Greenland

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1570-1580

  Tervo, Outi M ^a   Parks, Susan E ^b   Miller, Lee A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BOWHEAD WHALES; BREEDING SEASON; FREQUENCY MODULATED; SEASONAL CHANGES; VOCAL BEHAVIOR; VOCAL REPERTOIRE;

ICE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOWHEAD WHALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENLAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BOWHEAD WHALE; SEASONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349118679     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3158941     Document Type: Article

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