Songs of Humpback Whales: The Australian Perspective

Detailed study of the 1982/83 song off the east coast demonstrated a stereotyped, repeating song and established rules that governed the song for that period. These rules are broadly similar to those established in the Northern Hemisphere with differences in detail. The sounds that make up the song...

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Main Author: Cato, Douglas H.
Other Authors: DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1991
Subjects:
Biology
Voice Communications
*WHALES
*ANIMAL COMMUNICATION
REPRINTS
DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
CASE STUDIES
DATA ACQUISITION
PATTERN RECOGNITION
ANIMAL MIGRATION
NONLINEAR PROPAGATION ANALYSIS
BEHAVIOR
ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
AUSTRALIA
UNDERWATER SOUND
MARINE BIOLOGICAL NOISE
HUMPBACK WHALES
HUMPBACK WHALE SONGS
SOUND TYPES
Humpback Whale
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA274789
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Summary:Detailed study of the 1982/83 song off the east coast demonstrated a stereotyped, repeating song and established rules that governed the song for that period. These rules are broadly similar to those established in the Northern Hemisphere with differences in detail. The sounds that make up the song are also different. The song has changed progressively with time. Studies in australian waters provide a somewhat different perspective to those of the northern hemisphere because of differences in the environment and the access to whales. From our observations, the integrity of the song appears to be maintained over large distances (1500KMS) of the migration paths, although the sample size is small. However, songs off the east coast are distinctively different to those of the west coast

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