Sound production behavior of individual North Atlantic right whales: Implications for passive acoustic monitoring

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-76

  Parks, S E ^a,b   Searby, A ^b   Celerier A ^c   Johnson, M P ^b   Nowacek, D P ^d   Tyack, P L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eubalaena; North Atlantic right whale; Passive acoustic detection; Sound production; Tags

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONITORING SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 83055180075     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00368     Document Type: Article

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