Blue and Fin Whale Habitat Modeling from Long-Term Year-Round Passive Acoustic Data from the Southern California Bight

• Main Authors: Hildebrand, John A, Sirovic, Ana
• Other Authors: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; *HABITATS; *MODELS; *WHALES; ACOUSTIC DATA; CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; BLUE WHALES; FIN WHALES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; Pacific; Fin whale
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA573484; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA573484

During this project, we will develop predictive, year-round habitat models of the presence of calling blue and fin whales in the Southern California Bight, to facilitate Navy's operational needs in this area. The primary objective of this research is to develop predictive, year-round habitat models of the presence of calling blue and fin whales in the Southern California Bight. We will also investigate the scales over which blue and fin whales respond to their environment to better understand the functionality of the predictive relationships in those models. We will base our models on the available passive acoustic and remotely sensed data, as well as the lunar and buoy data available for the SCB.