Acoustic Behavior of North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Mother-Calf Pairs

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the behavior of mother-calf pairs from the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) to determine a) why mothers and calves are more susceptible to collisions with vessels and, b) determine the vocal behavior of this critical life stage to assess the effectiveness of passive acoustic monitoring to detect mother-calf pairs in important habitat areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014288

Entities

People

  • Sofie Van Parijs
  • Susan E. Parks

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Collisions
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Endangered Species
  • Habitats
  • Hydrophones
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Observation
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Vocalization

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  • Marine Mammal Biology