Interactions Among Behavioral Responses of Baleen Whales to Acoustic Stimuli, Oceanographic Features, and Prey Availability

Abstract

The overall objective of this multi-year study are to obtain empirical synoptic measurements of the fine-scale prey distribution and whale diving and foraging behavior in order to understand baleeen whale foraging ecology and better interpret responses to experimental sound exposure. The current project has already enabled us to obtain basic distribution and density information for prey concurrent with foraging mysticete cetaceans during tagging with fine-scale movement sensors in the context of behavioral response studies (specifically the Southern California Behavioral Response Study, or SOCAL-BRS).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 2015
Accession Number
ADA619114

Entities

People

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Availability
  • California
  • Cetaceans
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Human Behavior
  • Laptop Computers
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Sonar
  • Whales

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology