ARCTIC Underwater Vocalizations as a Tool for Studying the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Wintering Pinnipeds in the High Arctic

~.Recordingsofthebeundenvatervacpl izat ionsofr iasedsc l l s,~sandw~wertmdeintheHighArct icbetweMlate Marchandlatelune 19800ad1~1, toevrkutt thepoecmi. l faus iogsub- iœvocPl iPt ionstoeturLytbe~andrve~ofwiater-mgpirmipeds.MostofthecPllsmedebythesethnespccies~iderrtifKdandoninittrlkxiconis~.Ringeds...

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Main Authors: Ian Stirling, Wendy Calvert, Holly Cleatorz
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Mots clCs
vocalisations
phoque anneld
phoque barbu
mom
distribution
Arctic
Barbu
Phoques
bearded seal
Phoque barbu
ringed seal
Sea ice
walrus*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.7443
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic36-3-262.pdf
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Summary:~.Recordingsofthebeundenvatervacpl izat ionsofr iasedsc l l s,~sandw~wertmdeintheHighArct icbetweMlate Marchandlatelune 19800ad1~1, toevrkutt thepoecmi. l faus iogsub- iœvocPl iPt ionstoeturLytbe~andrve~ofwiater-mgpirmipeds.MostofthecPllsmedebythesethnespccies~iderrtifKdandoninittrlkxiconis~.Ringedse;llvocalizationswererorefre-qumtinlateAprilthancarlierinthescPsonorin~Juae,wbmasthehicdvocaliPtioarateerecordedforbcnrdcdsePlswereinlateJune. Vocalization rates of all thra: species were i n d i i v e oftheir diatfbutim and dative rbundpncc in different areas and sea ice habitat types. We con-cIudethatuadematervocalizationshavc~potentklforgivinsmonpncise~onthcrel.t iveabundPmxofwinteringpianipadsthan technique for censusing. Key words: vocalizations, ringed seal, bearded seal, walrus, distribution &SUMk. Les vocalisations sous-marines de phoques annelts, de phcques barbus et de morses ont &6 euregides dans le nord de l’Arctique entre

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