Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) acoustic presence off Elephant Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Burkhardt, Elke, Boebel, Olaf, Ciesewski, Boris, Mattmueller, Ramona Maja, Meister, Marlene, Schall, Elena, Spiesecke, Stefanie, Thomisch, Karolin, van Opzeeland, Ilse
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; Balaenoptera physalus; Elephant Island; Fin whale
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47472/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47472/2/Poster_ECS_2018.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.06ef2e96-c542-49c2-91e9-e5ca8a61886c

Recent visual observations suggest that the region around Elephant Island serves as an important feeding area for fin whales. Passive acoustic recordings collected northwest of Elephant Island (61°0.88’S, 55°58.53’W) from January 2013 to February 2016 were analysed manually for seasonal and diel pat...