Summer vocalisations of adult male white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Svalbard, Norway

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Haug, Tore, Lydersen, Christian, Karlsen, J. D., Bisther, A.
• 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; Norway; Svalbard; Van Keulenfjorden; Delphinapterus leucas; North Atlantic; Orca; Orcinus orca; toothed whales; White whale
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/12338110-05e4-5e02-bca1-7282b4b150d9

The principal aim of this study was to describe the vocalisations produced by the largely unstudied white-whale population in Svalbard, Norway. Fieldwork was conducted during the period 1–19 August 1997 in Van Keulenfjorden in Svalbard, Norway (77°34’N, 15°30’E). All recordings were made with a Brüe...