Sounds produced by individual white whales, Delphinapterus from Svalbard during capture

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Van Parijs, Sofie, Lydersen, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CETACEANS; TOOTHED WHALES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; Wichebukta; North Atlantic; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/0323b588-5023-57d1-bf98-201cd8192730

Recordings were made of the sounds produced by white whales during capture events inStorfjorden, Svalbard, in the late autumn. Only four of eight captured individuals produced sounds.Four subadults, one female and three males, between 330 and 375 cm long, did not produce soundsduring handling. The f...