Frozen verses: Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) call predominantly during austral winter

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Diego Filun, Karolin Thomisch, Olaf Boebel, Thomas Brey, Ana Širović, Stefanie Spiesecke, Ilse Van Opzeeland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2020
• Subjects: antarctic minke whales; passive acoustic monitoring; weddell sea area; greenwich area; elephant island; bio-duck call; Science; Q; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Austral; Weddell; Greenwich; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; minke whale; ice covered areas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.192112; https://doaj.org/article/4e5719baa61340b08fb105af60dccfe5

The recent identification of the bio-duck call as Antarctic minke whale (AMW) vocalization allows the use of passive acoustic monitoring to retrospectively investigate year-round spatial-temporal patterns in minke whale occurrence in ice-covered areas. Here, we present an analysis of AMW occurrence...