Modeling of Habitat and Foraging Behavior of Beaked Whales in the Southern California Bight

Abstract

The overall goal of this project was to improve our understanding of beaked whale distribution and foraging behavior and to describe inter-specific differences. We investigated spatio-temporal patterns for Cuviers beaked whale and a beaked whale producing echolocation signal type BW43 in the Southern California Bight using passive acoustic encounters, comparing data gathered from line transect surveys and autonomous recorders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013947

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey E. Moore
  • John A Hildebrand
  • Simone Baumann-Pickering
  • Tina Yack

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Arrays
  • Biosonar
  • California
  • Climate Change
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Habitats
  • Longitude
  • Marine Mammals
  • Metadata
  • Odontocetes
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Towed Arrays

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology