Variability in Temporal Characteristics of the South Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale Song

• Published in: Animal Behavior and Cognition
• Main Authors: Capri D. Jolliffe, Robert. D. McCauley, Alexander N. Gavrilov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2023
• Subjects: blue whale; song interval; song variability; bioacoustics; behavior; whale song; Zoology; QL1-991; Indian; Isi; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.10.03.02.2023; https://doaj.org/article/c11e221b144c4bc994d99b6945eb852e

The temporal characteristics of whale song are considered to be amongst the most stable elements of song production, though very few studies have looked at the timing of discrete sounds or the silences between them. This study indicates that the temporal characteristics of the song of the southeast...