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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sirovic, Ana, Hildebrand, John A
Other Authors: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Biology
*WHALES
ACOUSTIC DATA
CALIFORNIA
HABITATS
MODELS
BLUE AND FIN WHALES
SCB(SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT)
Fin whale
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA618170
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA618170
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Summary: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 (SCB). 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 buoy data available for the SCB.

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