Interactions Among Behavioral Responses of Baleen Whales to Acoustic Stimuli, Oceanographic Features, and Prey Availability

• Main Authors: Friedlaender, Ari S, Southall, Brandon L, Hazen, Elliott L
• Other Authors: SOUTHALL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES INC APTOS CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biology; Acoustics; *ECOLOGY; *RESPONSE(BIOLOGY); *WHALES; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; BEHAVIOR; CETACEA; INTERACTIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESPONSE; SOUND; BALEEN WHALES; FORAGING; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA619114; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA619114

The overall objective of this multi-year study are to obtain empirical synoptic measurements of the fine-scale prey distribution and whale diving and foraging behavior in order to understand baleeen whale foraging ecology and better interpret responses to experimental sound exposure. The current project has already enabled us to obtain basic distribution and density information for prey concurrent with foraging mysticete cetaceans during tagging with fine-scale movement sensors in the context of behavioral response studies (specifically the Southern California Behavioral Response Study, or SOCAL-BRS).