Exploring and verifying the acoustic presence of southern right whales off Elephant Island, Antarctica.

• Main Author: Wöhle, Svenja
• Other Authors: Schall, Elena, Opzeeland, Ilse Katharina, Burkhardt, Elke, Gerlach, Gabriele
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Argentina; Elephant Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; baleen whales; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57552/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57552/1/Wo%CC%88hle_Svenja_2022_MSc.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.18b0aad4-46db-4180-bddc-8d55d1aca031; https://hdl.handle.net/

The upcall is the most commonly detected and prevalent vocalization of the southern right whales’ (Eubalaena australis) vocal repertoire. This vocalization is similar among populations, is used by all sexes and age classes, as well as over a range of behavioural contexts, and thus, it is commonly us...