High Source Levels and Small Active Space of High-Pitched Song in Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus)

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Tervo, Outi M., Christoffersen, Mads F., Simon, Malene, Miller, Lee A., Jensen, Frants H., Parks, Susan E., Madsen, Peter T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Arctic Sound; Greenland; Balaena mysticetus; Fin whale
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530606; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300591; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052072

The low-frequency, powerful vocalizations of blue and fin whales may potentially be detected by conspecifics across entire ocean basins. In contrast, humpback and bowhead whales produce equally powerful, but more complex broadband vocalizations composed of higher frequencies that suffer from higher...