Effective beam pattern of the Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) and implications for passive acoustic monitoring

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1770-1784

  Shaffer, Jessica Ward ^a   Moretti, David ^a   Jarvis, Susan ^a   Tyack, Peter ^b   Johnson, Mark ^b  

^a NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-MOUNTED ARRAY; COMBINED EFFECT; DIRECTIVITY INDEX; ECHOLOCATION CLICKS; EFFECTIVE BEAMS; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DETECTION; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING; SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HYDROPHONES;

BIOACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TRANSDUCER; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

EID: 84874887266     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4776177     Document Type: Article

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