Audio_9_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 (14239100), Ana S. Aniceto (10860987), Heidi Ahonen (10860990), Geir Pedersen (412604), Ulf Lindstrøm (641757)
• 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.s011

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...