1 Submitted to the J. Acoustic Society of America A. Walker et. al (1996). Singing maps Singing maps: Classification of whalesong units using a self-organizing feature mapping algorithm
1Humpback whales also make a variety of social sounds that are heard most often when the whales are in-teracting in groups [Thompson et. al 1977]. These sounds appear to be subject to different rules from those in-fluencing songs. Moreover, both genders make social sounds whereas almost all observed...
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| Summary: | 1Humpback whales also make a variety of social sounds that are heard most often when the whales are in-teracting in groups [Thompson et. al 1977]. These sounds appear to be subject to different rules from those in-fluencing songs. Moreover, both genders make social sounds whereas almost all observed singing humpbacks have been male [Payne & Payne 1985]. The role that song plays in the lives of humpback whales is unclear. Traditionally it was believed be purely a cultural phenomena playing a part in courtship analogous to bird song. However, the low-frequency, repetitive, patterned vocalizations of the humpback whale may also/instead be used for environmental sensing [Frazer et. al 1996]. In this paper we refer to these vocalizations as "song" for historical reasons. |
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