Interactions among behavioral responses of baleen whales to acoustic stimuli, oceanographic features, and prey availability

Abstract

The long term goals of this collaborative research effort, which is coordinated with other ONR and Navy-funded biological research projects, are two-fold. Our first objective is to determine how the distribution, abundance, and behavior of prey affects the baseline foraging behavior and ecology of baleen whales off the California coast. Second, we are using these findings directly in quantifying how prey affects whale behavior and ultimately interpretation of response to anthropogenic sound.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2018
Accession Number
AD1054598

Entities

People

  • Ari S. Friedlaender
  • Brandon L. Southall
  • Elliot L. Hazen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Availability
  • California
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Human Behavior
  • Laptop Computers
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Oceanography
  • Sampling
  • Whales

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology