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 ass...

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Main Authors: Parks, Susan E, Van Parijs, Sofie
Other Authors: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV STATE COLLEGE APPLIED RESEARCH LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Psychology
Biology
Acoustics
*ACOUSTIC DETECTION
*BEHAVIOR
*VERBAL BEHAVIOR
*WHALES
ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
ACOUSTIC RANGES
FEMALES
HABITATS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ONTOGENY
PASSIVE SYSTEMS
PROPAGATION
VISION
EUBALAENA GLACIALIS
MOTHER-CALF PAIRS
*NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES
Eubalaena glacialis
North Atlantic
North Atlantic right whale
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA598700
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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.

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