Fin whale song variability in the Southern California Bight, from 2008 through 2012 /

• Main Author: Buccowich, Jasmine
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Academic Dissertations; Doublets; The Doublets; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6741g38s; http://n2t.net/ark:/20775/bb9216624v

Male fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) sing a low frequency song consisting of downswept calls with most energy around 20 Hz. There are some indications fin whale song patterns may be used as a population indicator as they vary amongst regions. Four and a half years of recordings from the San Nicol...