Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean
International audience Blue whales produce intense, stereotypic low frequency calls that are particularly well suited for transmission over long distances. Because these calls vary geographically, they can be used to gain insight into subspecies distribution. In the Southwestern Indian Ocean, acoust...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00528213v1 2023-05-15T13:44:36+02:00 Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean Samaran, Flore Guinet, Christophe Adam, Olivier Motsch, Jean-François Cansi, Yves Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de Détection et de Géophysique (CEA) (LDG) DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF) Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) 2010-10-21 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00528213 https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3409479 en eng HAL CCSD Acoustical Society of America info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1121/1.3409479 hal-00528213 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00528213 doi:10.1121/1.3409479 ISSN: 0001-4966 EISSN: 1520-8524 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00528213 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America, 2010, 127 (6), pp.3800-3808. ⟨10.1121/1.3409479⟩ [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3409479 2021-05-02T00:22:10Z International audience Blue whales produce intense, stereotypic low frequency calls that are particularly well suited for transmission over long distances. Because these calls vary geographically, they can be used to gain insight into subspecies distribution. In the Southwestern Indian Ocean, acoustic data from a triad of calibrated hydrophones maintained by the International Monitoring System provided data on blue whale calls from two subspecies: Antarctic and pygmy blue whales. Using time difference of arrival and least-squares hyperbolic methods, the range and location of calling whales were determined. By using received level of calls and propagation modeling, call source levels of both subspecies were estimated. The average call source level was estimated to 179 +/- 5 dB re 1 mu Pa-rms at 1 m over the 17-30 Hz band for Antarctic blue whale and 174 +/- 1 dB re 1 mu Pa-rms at 1 m over the 17-50 Hz band for pygmy blue whale. According to previous estimates, slight variations in the source level could be due to inter-individual differences, inter-subspecies variations and the calculation method. These are the first reported source level estimations for blue whales in the Indian Ocean. Such data are critical to estimate detection ranges of calling blue whales. (C) 2010 Acoustical Society of America Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Blue whale Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic Indian The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127 6 3800 3808 |
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International audience Blue whales produce intense, stereotypic low frequency calls that are particularly well suited for transmission over long distances. Because these calls vary geographically, they can be used to gain insight into subspecies distribution. In the Southwestern Indian Ocean, acoustic data from a triad of calibrated hydrophones maintained by the International Monitoring System provided data on blue whale calls from two subspecies: Antarctic and pygmy blue whales. Using time difference of arrival and least-squares hyperbolic methods, the range and location of calling whales were determined. By using received level of calls and propagation modeling, call source levels of both subspecies were estimated. The average call source level was estimated to 179 +/- 5 dB re 1 mu Pa-rms at 1 m over the 17-30 Hz band for Antarctic blue whale and 174 +/- 1 dB re 1 mu Pa-rms at 1 m over the 17-50 Hz band for pygmy blue whale. According to previous estimates, slight variations in the source level could be due to inter-individual differences, inter-subspecies variations and the calculation method. These are the first reported source level estimations for blue whales in the Indian Ocean. Such data are critical to estimate detection ranges of calling blue whales. (C) 2010 Acoustical Society of America |
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Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de Détection et de Géophysique (CEA) (LDG) DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF) Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) |
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Samaran, Flore Guinet, Christophe Adam, Olivier Motsch, Jean-François Cansi, Yves |
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Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean |
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Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean |
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Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean |
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Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean |
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Source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern Indian Ocean |
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source level estimation of two blue whale subspecies in southwestern indian ocean |
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