Acoustic Behavior of North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Mother-Calf Pairs

The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the behavior of mother-calf pairs from the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) to determine (a) why mothers and calves are more susceptible to collisions with vessels and, (b) determine the vocal behavior of this critical life stage to a...

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Main Authors: Parks, Susan E., Van Parijs, Sofie
Other Authors: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WOODS HOLE MA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
Acoustics
*ACOUSTIC SIGNALS
*ACOUSTIC DETECTION
*WHALES
BEHAVIOR
HYDROPHONES
BOATS
HABITATS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
FLORIDA
COLLISIONS
MASSACHUSETTS
GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
FUNDY BAY
DATA ACQUISITION
ONTOGENY
OBSERVATION
CANADA
RIGHT WHALES
EUBALAENA GLACIALIS
VISUAL DETECTABILITY
MOTHER CALF PAIRS
CAPE COD BAY
Canada
Eubalaena glacialis
North Atlantic
North Atlantic right whale
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA541426
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA541426
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Summary:The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the behavior of mother-calf pairs from the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) to determine (a) why mothers and calves are more susceptible to collisions with vessels and, (b) determine the vocal behavior of this critical life stage to assess the effectiveness of passive acoustic monitoring to detect mother-calf pairs in important habitat areas. The primary objectives of this project are to: (1) determine the visual detectability of right whale mother-calf pairs from surface observations, (2) determine the acoustic detectability of right whale mother-calf pairs, (3) determine the acoustic detection ranges of mother-calf calls through propagation modeling, (4) assess the ontogeny or changes in behavior with calf development, and (5) assess the individual distinctiveness of right whale vocalizations. Prepared in collaboration with the Pennsylvania State University.

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