Estimating minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) boing sound density using passive acoustic sensors

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-158

  Martin, Stephen W ^a   Marques, Tiago A ^b,c   Thomas, Len ^b   Morrissey, Ronald P ^d   Jarvis, Susan ^d   Dimarzio, Nancy ^d   Moretti, David ^d   Mellinger, David K ^e  

^a Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

^d NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boing vocalization; Cue count; Passive acoustic density estimation; Passive acoustic monitoring; Spatially explicit capture recapture

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; HYDROPHONE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871609787     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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