In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina
Harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, have long been thought to be one of the least vocal pinniped species both in air and under water. However, recent studies have shown that males use underwater vocalizations intensively during the mating season. In air, harbour seals are still thought to be relatively s...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z02-088 2024-09-09T20:03:30+00:00 In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina Van Parijs, Sofie M Kovacs, Kit M 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z02-088 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z02-088 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 80, issue 7, page 1173-1179 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 journal-article 2002 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-088 2024-08-15T04:09:33Z Harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, have long been thought to be one of the least vocal pinniped species both in air and under water. However, recent studies have shown that males use underwater vocalizations intensively during the mating season. In air, harbour seals are still thought to be relatively silent. In this study we describe the vocal repertoire of Eastern Canadian harbour seals during the breeding season. Harbour seals from this area produced seven vocalization types in air and one vocalization type under water. In-air vocalizations are predominantly used by adult males during agonistic interactions. Other sex and age classes also vocalize, but less frequently. Nearest neighbour responses to in-air vocalizations were primarily agonistic when any age or sex class vocalized. In this study, seals produced an underwater roar vocalization closely resembling that produced by adult males during the mating season at other sites. Eastern Canadian harbour seals appear to be considerably more vocal when hauled out than is the norm for this species at other sites around the world. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca vitulina Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Zoology 80 7 1173 1179 |
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Harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, have long been thought to be one of the least vocal pinniped species both in air and under water. However, recent studies have shown that males use underwater vocalizations intensively during the mating season. In air, harbour seals are still thought to be relatively silent. In this study we describe the vocal repertoire of Eastern Canadian harbour seals during the breeding season. Harbour seals from this area produced seven vocalization types in air and one vocalization type under water. In-air vocalizations are predominantly used by adult males during agonistic interactions. Other sex and age classes also vocalize, but less frequently. Nearest neighbour responses to in-air vocalizations were primarily agonistic when any age or sex class vocalized. In this study, seals produced an underwater roar vocalization closely resembling that produced by adult males during the mating season at other sites. Eastern Canadian harbour seals appear to be considerably more vocal when hauled out than is the norm for this species at other sites around the world. |
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Van Parijs, Sofie M Kovacs, Kit M In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina |
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Van Parijs, Sofie M Kovacs, Kit M |
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Van Parijs, Sofie M |
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In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina |
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In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina |
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In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina |
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In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina |
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In-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern Canadian harbour seals, Phoca vitulina |
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in-air and underwater vocalizations of eastern canadian harbour seals, phoca vitulina |
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Phoca vitulina |
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