Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/29051 2023-05-15T15:36:26+02:00 Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales Redaelli, Laura Mangia Woods, Sari Landea Briones, Rafaela Sayigh, Laela S. 2022-02-23 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29051 unknown MDPI https://doi.org/10.26025/1912/27919 https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12519 https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030316 Redaelli, L., Mangia Woods, S., Landea, R., & Sayigh, L. (2022). Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(3), 316. https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29051 doi:10.3390/jmse10030316 Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Redaelli, L., Mangia Woods, S., Landea, R., & Sayigh, L. (2022). Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(3), 316. doi:10.3390/jmse10030316 Chilean blue whales marine bioacoustics Balaenoptera musculus chilensis Chile D calls SEP calls diel patterns seasonal trends marine conservation Article 2022 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030316 https://doi.org/10.26025/1912/27919 https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12519 2022-07-02T22:56:31Z © The Author(s), 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Redaelli, L., Mangia Woods, S., Landea, R., & Sayigh, L. Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(3), (2022): 316, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030316. To learn more about the occurrence and behaviour of a recently discovered population of blue whales, passive acoustic data were collected between January 2012 and April 2013 in the Chiloense ecoregion of southern Chile. Automatic detectors and manual auditing were used to detect blue whale songs (SEP calls) and D calls, which were then analysed to gain insights into temporal calling patterns. We found that D call rates were extremely low during winter (June–August) but gradually increased in spring and summer, decreasing again later during fall. SEP calls were absent for most winter and spring months (July–November) but increased in summer and fall, peaking between March and April. Thus, our results support previous studies documenting the austral summer residency of blue whales in this region, while suggesting that some individuals stay longer, highlighting the importance of this area as a blue whale habitat. We also investigated the daily occurrence of each call type and found that D calls occurred more frequently during dusk and night hours compared to dawn and day periods, whereas SEP calls did not show any significant diel patterns. Overall, these findings help to understand the occurrence and behaviour of endangered Chilean blue whales, enhancing our ability to develop conservation strategies in this important Southern Hemisphere habitat. Financial support for expeditions, deployments, and retrievals of MARUs, and for some of the data analysis, was provided by Fundacion MERI, Av. Pdte. Kennedy 5682, Vitacure, Región Metropolitana, Chile. The data analysis for this study was carried out without external funding. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Austral Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10 3 316 |
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Chilean blue whales marine bioacoustics Balaenoptera musculus chilensis Chile D calls SEP calls diel patterns seasonal trends marine conservation Redaelli, Laura Mangia Woods, Sari Landea Briones, Rafaela Sayigh, Laela S. Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales |
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© The Author(s), 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Redaelli, L., Mangia Woods, S., Landea, R., & Sayigh, L. Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(3), (2022): 316, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030316. To learn more about the occurrence and behaviour of a recently discovered population of blue whales, passive acoustic data were collected between January 2012 and April 2013 in the Chiloense ecoregion of southern Chile. Automatic detectors and manual auditing were used to detect blue whale songs (SEP calls) and D calls, which were then analysed to gain insights into temporal calling patterns. We found that D call rates were extremely low during winter (June–August) but gradually increased in spring and summer, decreasing again later during fall. SEP calls were absent for most winter and spring months (July–November) but increased in summer and fall, peaking between March and April. Thus, our results support previous studies documenting the austral summer residency of blue whales in this region, while suggesting that some individuals stay longer, highlighting the importance of this area as a blue whale habitat. We also investigated the daily occurrence of each call type and found that D calls occurred more frequently during dusk and night hours compared to dawn and day periods, whereas SEP calls did not show any significant diel patterns. Overall, these findings help to understand the occurrence and behaviour of endangered Chilean blue whales, enhancing our ability to develop conservation strategies in this important Southern Hemisphere habitat. Financial support for expeditions, deployments, and retrievals of MARUs, and for some of the data analysis, was provided by Fundacion MERI, Av. Pdte. Kennedy 5682, Vitacure, Región Metropolitana, Chile. The data analysis for this study was carried out without external funding. |
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Seasonal trends and diel patterns of downsweep and SEP calls in Chilean blue whales |
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