Summary Report on the Second Collaborative Beaked Whale Cruise off Baja California, Mexico

Abstract

An expedition was conducted with the goal of visually locating, acoustically recording, and obtaining biopsy samples of the Mesoplodon beaked whales that were encountered in 2020 and produce BWB pulses, as well as locating the beaked whales that produce the BW43 echolocation pulse in order to conclusively determine what species produce each of the pulse types.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1166136

Entities

People

  • Dawn Breese
  • E. Elizabeth Henderson
  • Gustavo Cardenas-hinojosa
  • Jay Barlow
  • Robert Pitman
  • Rodrigo Huerta Patino
  • Todd Pusser

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Animals
  • Baja California
  • Biosonar
  • California
  • Cetaceans
  • Deoxyribonucleic Acids
  • Detection
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Habitats
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Odontocetes
  • Tablet Computers
  • United States

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Oceanography.