Directionality of bowhead whale calls measured with multiple sensors

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-212

  Blackwell, Susanna B ^a   McDonald, Trent L ^b   Kim, Katherine H ^a   Aerts, Lisanne A M ^c,f   Richardson, W John ^d   Greene, Charles R ^a   Streever, Bill ^e  

^a Greeneridge Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b West Incorporated   (United States)

^c LGL Alaska Research Associat Inc   (United States)

^d LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^e BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^f OASIS Environmental Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SENSOR; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE;

EID: 84855163324     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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