Worldwide decline in tonal frequencies of blue whale songs

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-21

  McDonald, Mark A ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^b   Mesnick, Sarah ^c,d  

^a WhaleAcoustics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ambient noise; Blue whale; Population growth rate; Recovery; Sexual selection; Song

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMBIENT NOISE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA;

EID: 77952248958     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00217     Document Type: Article

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