Minke Whale

• Main Author: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Other Authors: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life web application . NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
• Format: Audio
• Language: unknown
• Published: Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah
• Subjects: Minke Whale; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Mammals; Nature sounds; Antarctic; Schevill; Watkins; Antarc*; minke whale
• Online Access: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6zsh

Animalia Craniata mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format Recording of a Minke Whale sped up by a factor of ten The recorded signal has been sped up by a factor of ten; NOAA describes the recording: "Atlantic minke whale call. Minke whales produce a variety of sounds described as thump trains, ratchets, clicks and grunts (Winn and Perkins 1976; T.J. Thompson et al. 1979, Richardson et al. 1995). In the Atlantic Ocean, Beamish and Mitchell (1973) recorded click series, while Edds-Walton (1999) recorded frequency-modulated 400 msec downsweeps at around 80 Hz. In Antarctic waters, 200-300 msec low-frequency (130 - 60 Hz) downsweeps were recorded by Schevill and Watkins (1972). Analysis of our Atlantic data is still underway, but to date we have recorded pulsive calls sweeping from around 50-35 Hz." Description of recording taken from NOAA website on February 22, 2010 at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/seasounds/seasounds.html; Recording Date: circa between 1990 and 2009