Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity
The data are measurements relating to the acoustic properties of Weddell seal underwater Trill vocalisations. The measures include a broad classification of the waveform (sinusoidal, frequency modulated or pulsed)at the start and end of the Trill, the duration (milliseconds) and the frequency (Hz) a...
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biota location oceans SEA ICE EARTH SCIENCE CRYOSPHERE SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES MAMMALS CARNIVORES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL POPULATION DYNAMICS BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS Weddell seal vocalisation geographic variation Leptonychotes weddellii HYDROPHONES ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS FIELD SURVEYS FIELD INVESTIGATION AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
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biota location oceans SEA ICE EARTH SCIENCE CRYOSPHERE SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES MAMMALS CARNIVORES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL POPULATION DYNAMICS BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS Weddell seal vocalisation geographic variation Leptonychotes weddellii HYDROPHONES ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS FIELD SURVEYS FIELD INVESTIGATION AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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biota location oceans SEA ICE EARTH SCIENCE CRYOSPHERE SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES MAMMALS CARNIVORES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL POPULATION DYNAMICS BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS Weddell seal vocalisation geographic variation Leptonychotes weddellii HYDROPHONES ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS FIELD SURVEYS FIELD INVESTIGATION AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
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The data are measurements relating to the acoustic properties of Weddell seal underwater Trill vocalisations. The measures include a broad classification of the waveform (sinusoidal, frequency modulated or pulsed)at the start and end of the Trill, the duration (milliseconds) and the frequency (Hz) at the beginning, end and at 9 other equally spaced intervals along the call. Trills were recorded in different years from 6 locations around Antarctica. Only Trill vocalisations were analysed because they are only made by males and they have a known territorial defence function. Adult Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) exhibit site fidelity to where they first breed but juveniles, and perhaps transient adult males, may disperse from their natal location. If there is mixing between adjacent breeding groups, we would expect that common vocalisations would exhibit clinal patterns. Underwater Trill vocalisations of male Weddell seals at Mawson, Davis, Casey, McMurdo Sound, Neumayer and Drescher Inlet separated by ca. 500 to greater than 9,000 km, were examined for evidence of clinal variation. Trills are only emitted by males and have a known territorial defence function. Trills from Davis and Mawson, ca. 630 km apart, were distinct from each other and exhibited the greatest number of unique frequency contour patterns. The acoustic features (duration, waveform, frequency contour) of Trills from Neumayer and Drescher Inlet, ca. 500 km apart, were more distinct from each other than they were from the other four locations. General Discriminant Analysis and Classification Tree Analysis correctly classified 65.8 and 76.9% of the Trills to the correct location. The classification errors assigned more locations to sites greater than 630 km away than to nearest neighbours. Weddell seal Trills exhibit geographic variation but there is no evidence of a clinal pattern. This suggests that males remain close to single breeding areas throughout their lifetime. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 1132 and 2122 (ASAC_1132, ASAC_2122). |
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Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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geographic variations in underwater male weddell seal trills suggest breeding area fidelity |
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Australian Ocean Data Network |
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https://researchdata.ands.org.au/geographic-variations-underwater-area-fidelity/686090 https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1132-2 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2495 https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1132 https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2122 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2496 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1132-2 |
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Spatial: northlimit=-66.0; southlimit=-78.0; westlimit=-19.0; eastLimit=166.0 Temporal: From 1991-10-01 to 2006-12-31 |
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ENVELOPE(-19.0,166.0,-66.0,-78.0) |
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McMurdo Sound Neumayer Southern Ocean Weddell |
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McMurdo Sound Neumayer Southern Ocean Weddell |
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Antarc* Antarctica McMurdo Sound Sea ice Southern Ocean Weddell Seal Weddell Seals walrus* |
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Antarc* Antarctica McMurdo Sound Sea ice Southern Ocean Weddell Seal Weddell Seals walrus* |
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::686090 2023-05-15T13:46:55+02:00 Geographic variations in underwater male Weddell seal Trills suggest breeding area fidelity AADC (originator) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider) Spatial: northlimit=-66.0; southlimit=-78.0; westlimit=-19.0; eastLimit=166.0 Temporal: From 1991-10-01 to 2006-12-31 https://researchdata.ands.org.au/geographic-variations-underwater-area-fidelity/686090 https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1132-2 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2495 https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1132 https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2122 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2496 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1132-2 unknown Australian Ocean Data Network https://researchdata.ands.org.au/geographic-variations-underwater-area-fidelity/686090 2538ef70-76ff-4872-a22d-c09b40a4d83b https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1132-2 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2495 https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1132 https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2122 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2496 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1132-2 https://data.aad.gov.au biota location oceans SEA ICE EARTH SCIENCE CRYOSPHERE SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES MAMMALS CARNIVORES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL POPULATION DYNAMICS BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS Weddell seal vocalisation geographic variation Leptonychotes weddellii HYDROPHONES ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS FIELD SURVEYS FIELD INVESTIGATION AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR dataset ftands 2020-01-05T21:07:03Z The data are measurements relating to the acoustic properties of Weddell seal underwater Trill vocalisations. The measures include a broad classification of the waveform (sinusoidal, frequency modulated or pulsed)at the start and end of the Trill, the duration (milliseconds) and the frequency (Hz) at the beginning, end and at 9 other equally spaced intervals along the call. Trills were recorded in different years from 6 locations around Antarctica. Only Trill vocalisations were analysed because they are only made by males and they have a known territorial defence function. Adult Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) exhibit site fidelity to where they first breed but juveniles, and perhaps transient adult males, may disperse from their natal location. If there is mixing between adjacent breeding groups, we would expect that common vocalisations would exhibit clinal patterns. Underwater Trill vocalisations of male Weddell seals at Mawson, Davis, Casey, McMurdo Sound, Neumayer and Drescher Inlet separated by ca. 500 to greater than 9,000 km, were examined for evidence of clinal variation. Trills are only emitted by males and have a known territorial defence function. Trills from Davis and Mawson, ca. 630 km apart, were distinct from each other and exhibited the greatest number of unique frequency contour patterns. The acoustic features (duration, waveform, frequency contour) of Trills from Neumayer and Drescher Inlet, ca. 500 km apart, were more distinct from each other than they were from the other four locations. General Discriminant Analysis and Classification Tree Analysis correctly classified 65.8 and 76.9% of the Trills to the correct location. The classification errors assigned more locations to sites greater than 630 km away than to nearest neighbours. Weddell seal Trills exhibit geographic variation but there is no evidence of a clinal pattern. This suggests that males remain close to single breeding areas throughout their lifetime. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 1132 and 2122 (ASAC_1132, ASAC_2122). Dataset Antarc* Antarctica McMurdo Sound Sea ice Southern Ocean Weddell Seal Weddell Seals walrus* Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) McMurdo Sound Neumayer Southern Ocean Weddell ENVELOPE(-19.0,166.0,-66.0,-78.0) |