Acoustic and diving behavior of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) during natural and depredation foraging in the Gulf of Alaska

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 518-532

  Mathias, Delphine ^a   Thode, Aaron M ^a   Straley, Jan ^b   Calambokidis, John ^c   Schorr, Gregory S ^c   Folkert, Kendall ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR; ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA; DIVING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE; GULF OF ALASKA; MEASUREMENTS OF; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

PHYSICS;

EID: 84863652244     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4726005     Document Type: Article

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