Acoustic tracking of sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska using a two-element vertical array and tags

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2446-2461

  Mathias, Delphine ^a,c   Thode, Aaron M ^a   Straley, Jan ^b   Andrews, Russel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c GIPSA LAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE LOCATION; ACOUSTIC TRACKING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-WATER PROFILES; INDEPENDENT CHECKS; LONG-LINE FISHING; PASSIVE ACOUSTICS; PROPAGATION MODELS;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SPERM WHALE; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSDUCER; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPERM WHALE; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84883407744     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4816565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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