Seasonal and diel variation in North Atlantic right whale up-calls: Implications for management and conservation in the northwestern Atlantic ocean

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Mussoline, Sarah E ^a,d   Risch, Denise ^a   Hatch, Leila T ^b   Weinrich, Mason T ^c   Wiley, David N ^b   Thompson, Michael A ^b   Corkeron, Peter J ^a   Van Parijs, Sofie M ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^c Whale Center of New England   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diel variation; Jeffreys ledge; North Atlantic right whale; Passive acoustic monitoring; Seasonality; Stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary; Up calls

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOMONITORING; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DIEL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SHIPPING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; UNITED STATES; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 84862521732     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00411     Document Type: Article

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