Long-range underwater vocalizations of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 474-479

  Klinck, Holger ^a   Mellinger, David K ^a   Klinck, Karolin ^a   Hager, Julia ^a   Kindermann, Lars ^b   Boebel, Olaf ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC; ACOUSTIC FEATURES; AUTOMATED DETECTION; BREEDING SEASON; CALL TYPES; DATA SETS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LONG-TERM RECORDING; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VISUAL SCREENING;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEAL; SEASON; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BREEDING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PINNIPEDIA; SEASONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77955207131     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3442362     Document Type: Article

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