Information entropy of humpback whale songs
The structure of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) songs was examined using information theory techniques. The song is an ordered sequence of individual sound elements separated by gaps of silence. Song samples were converted into sequences of discrete symbols by both human and automated class...
Published in: | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2006
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Online Access: | https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/information-entropy-of-humpback-whale-songs(f84dd662-5b74-4cac-bdf2-82b0162e8239).html https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2161827 |