Behavioral Context of Call Production by Eastern North Pacific Blue Whales

• Main Authors: Oleson, Erin M, Calambokidis, John, Burgess, William C, McDonald, Mark A, LeDuc, Carrie A, Hildebrand, John A
• Other Authors: CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE OLYMPIA WA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Acoustics; *AUDIO TONES; *BEHAVIOR; *WHALES; CALIFORNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; COASTAL REGIONS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PATTERNS; SEX; SHALLOW DEPTH; BLUE WHALES; FORAGING; GROUP SIZE; SEX BIAS; SUCTION CUP TAGS; WHALE CALLS; WHALE SONGS; REPRINTS; Lone; Pacific; Balaenoptera musculus
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA580707; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA580707

We assessed the behavioral context of calls produced by blue whales Balaenoptera musculus off the California coast based on acoustic, behavioral, and dive data obtained through acoustic recording tags, sex determination from tissue sampling, and coordinated visual and acoustic observations. Approxim...