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, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598512

Entities

People

  • Sofie Van Parijs
  • Susan E. Parks

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Detection
  • Aerial Surveys
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Collisions
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Habitats
  • Hydrophones
  • Information Operations
  • Monitoring
  • Observation
  • Spar Buoys
  • United States
  • Vocalization

Readers

  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.