Predictions from harbor porpoise habitat association models are confirmed by long-term passive acoustic monitoring

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2523-2533

  Brookes, Kate L ^a,c   Bailey, Helen ^b   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DETECTION; HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS; HARBOR PORPOISE; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING; PASSIVE ACOUSTICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL COVERAGE; TEMPORAL SCALE;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; SURVEYS;

MAMMALS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PORPOISE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOCOENA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84883405381     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4816577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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