Singing behavior of fin whales in the Davis Strait with implications for mating, migration and foraging

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3200-3210

  Simon, Malene ^a,c   Stafford, Kathleen M ^b   Beedholm, Kristian ^c   Lee, Craig M ^b   Madsen, Peter T ^c  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ACTIVITY; ACOUSTIC POWER; BALEEN WHALES; BREEDING GROUNDS; DAVIS STRAIT; GREENLAND; HABITAT USE; HIGH LATITUDES; MIGRATORY PATTERNS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; WHALE CALLS;

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIN WHALE; ICE COVER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEA; SEASON; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIN WHALE; ICE COVER; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 78649579618     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3495946     Document Type: Article

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