Heard off Heard: Acoustic detections of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and other cetaceans off Heard Island.

An underwater acoustic recorder was moored off Heard Island from September 2017 through March 2018 to listen for marine mammals. Analysis of data was initially conducted by visual inspection of long-term spectral averages to reveal sounds from sperm whales, Antarctic and pygmy blue whales, fin whale...

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Published in:JASA Express Letters
Main Authors: Miller, Brian S, Masere, Cara, Milnes, Mark, Cleeland, Jaimie, Lamb, Timothy, Maschette, Dale, Welsford, Dirk
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Silverchair Information Systems 2024
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctic
Heard Island
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0026242
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38922055
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Summary:An underwater acoustic recorder was moored off Heard Island from September 2017 through March 2018 to listen for marine mammals. Analysis of data was initially conducted by visual inspection of long-term spectral averages to reveal sounds from sperm whales, Antarctic and pygmy blue whales, fin whales, minke whales, odontocete whistles, and noise from nearby ships. Automated detection of sperm whale clicks revealed they were seldom detected from September through January (n = 35 h) but were detected nearly every day of February and March (n = 684 h). Additional analysis of these detections revealed further diel and demographic patterns.

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