Sperm whale long-range echolocation sounds revealed by ANTARES, a deep-sea neutrino telescope

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Andre, M., Caballé, A., Van der Schaar, M., Solsona, A., Houégnigan, L., Zaugg, S., Sanchez, A. M., Castell, J. V., Solé, M., Vila, F., Djokic, D., Adrián Martínez, Silvia, Albert, A., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid Ramírez, Miguel, Felis-Enguix, Iván, Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio, Saldaña-Coscollar, María
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres, Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada, Region Ile-de-France, Generalitat Valenciana, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire de France, European Regional Development Fund, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Alemania, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Francia, National Authority for Scientific Research, Rumanía, Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Marruecos, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Francia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: musiq; art; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45517; http://hdl.handle.net/10251/155866

S Nelder, J. & Wedderburn, R. Generalized linear models. J R Stat Soc. 135, 370–384 (1972). [EN] Despite dedicated research has been carried out to adequately map the distribution of the sperm whale in the Mediterranean Sea, unlike other regions of the world, the species population status is still presently uncertain. The analysis of two years of continuous acoustic data provided by the ANTARES neutrino telescope revealed the year-round presence of sperm whales in the Ligurian Sea, probably associated with the availability of cephalopods in the region. The presence of the Ligurian Sea sperm whales was demonstrated through the real-time analysis of audio data streamed from a cabled-to- shore deep-sea observatory that allowed the hourly tracking of their long-range echolocation behaviour on the Internet. Interestingly, the same acoustic analysis indicated that the occurrence of surface shipping noise would apparently not condition the foraging behaviour of the sperm whale in the area, since shipping noise was almost always present when sperm whales were acoustically detected. The continuous presence of the sperm whale in the region confirms the ecological value of the Ligurian sea and the importance of ANTARES to help monitoring its ecosystems The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a lenergie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), la Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), IdEx program and UnivEarthS Labex program at Sorbonne Paris Cite (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02), Region Ile-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk ...