Audio_8_Changes in humpback whale song structure and complexity reveal a rapid evolution on a feeding ground in Northern Norway.wav

• Main Authors: Saskia C. Tyarks, Ana S. Aniceto, Heidi Ahonen, Geir Pedersen, Ulf Lindstrøm
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; passive acoustic monitoring; singing; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic; vocal behavior; song progression; Lofoten; Norway; Vesterålen; Humpback Whale; Northern Norway; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.862794.s010; https://figshare.com/articles/media/Audio_8_Changes_in_humpback_whale_song_structure_and_complexity_reveal_a_rapid_evolution_on_a_feeding_ground_in_Northern_Norway_wav/21700466

Singing behaviour by male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) has traditionally been associated with low-latitude breeding grounds. However, in recent years, this vocal behaviour has been increasingly reported outside these areas. All singers in a given population sing the same version of a son...