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Marine Animal Sound Database. Twelve Years of Tracking 52-Hz Whale Calls from a Unique Source in the North Pacific.

ADA429410

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Watkins, W. A.; Daher, M. A.; George, J. E.; Rodriguez, D.
Page Count	16
Abstract	Long-term monitoring of underwater sounds using U.S. Navy SOSUS and other hydrophone arrays allowed us to follow the seasonal distribution of underwater calls produced by blue, fin and humpback whales across the North Pacific. These new data from this current study have been added to data of previous 7 years' deep-water monitoring,enabling us to document year-to-year variations in marine mammal calling. These data have also been added to the marine mammal sound archive at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Tracking of individual whales has been accomplished using the Navy's deep-water monitoring system as evidenced by the tracking of a unique 52-Hz call, with his current study cumulating a 12 year track The large WHOI sound database provided comparisons and analysis of these sounds. The year-round monitoring of blue whales has uncovered at least two distinct call types which occur in very specific regions in the North Pacific. These data collected across a broad area without the restriction of weather or time of day are invaluable to researchers interested in population trends of marine animals.
Keywords	Sound Whales Acoustic tracking Data bases Monitoring Hydrophones Naval equipment Deep water North pacific ocean Acoustic surveillance Whale calls Sosus(Sound surveillance system) Acoustic behavior
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
Corporate Authors	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA. Dept. of Biology.
Supplemental Notes	Pub. in Deep-Sea Research I v51 p1889-1901, 2004. Deep-Sea Research Part 1. The original document contains color images.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 May 2003-30 Apr 2004.
NTIS Issue Number	200512
Contract Number	N00014-03-1-0734

Marine Animal Sound Database. Twelve Years of Tracking 52-Hz Whale Calls from a Unique Source in the North Pacific.

Marine Animal Sound Database. Twelve Years of Tracking 52-Hz Whale Calls from a Unique Source in the North Pacific.
ADA429410

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Watkins, W. A.; Daher, M. A.; George, J. E.; Rodriguez, D.
Page Count	16
Abstract	Long-term monitoring of underwater sounds using U.S. Navy SOSUS and other hydrophone arrays allowed us to follow the seasonal distribution of underwater calls produced by blue, fin and humpback whales across the North Pacific. These new data from this current study have been added to data of previous 7 years' deep-water monitoring,enabling us to document year-to-year variations in marine mammal calling. These data have also been added to the marine mammal sound archive at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Tracking of individual whales has been accomplished using the Navy's deep-water monitoring system as evidenced by the tracking of a unique 52-Hz call, with his current study cumulating a 12 year track The large WHOI sound database provided comparisons and analysis of these sounds. The year-round monitoring of blue whales has uncovered at least two distinct call types which occur in very specific regions in the North Pacific. These data collected across a broad area without the restriction of weather or time of day are invaluable to researchers interested in population trends of marine animals.
Keywords	Sound Whales Acoustic tracking Data bases Monitoring Hydrophones Naval equipment Deep water North pacific ocean Acoustic surveillance Whale calls Sosus(Sound surveillance system) Acoustic behavior
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
Corporate Authors	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA. Dept. of Biology.
Supplemental Notes	Pub. in Deep-Sea Research I v51 p1889-1901, 2004. Deep-Sea Research Part 1. The original document contains color images.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 May 2003-30 Apr 2004.
NTIS Issue Number	200512
Contract Number	N00014-03-1-0734