3D tracking of foraging belugas from their clicks: Experiment from a coastal hydrophone array

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1050-1056

  Roy, Nathalie ^a   Simard, Yvan ^a,b   Gervaise, Cédric ^a,b   Dtn, Ensieta ^c  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FREQUENCY BANDS; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BELUGA WHALES; CLICK TRAINS; EASTERN CANADA; ECHOLOCATION CLICKS; HYDROPHONE ARRAYS; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING; THREE DIMENSIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 78049401292     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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