Sounding the call for a global library of underwater biological sounds

MJG Parsons, TH Lin, TA Mooney, C Erbe… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aquatic environments encompass the world's most extensive habitats, rich with sounds
produced by a diversity of animals. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly …

Detection and classification of marine mammal sounds using AlexNet with transfer learning

T Lu, B Han, F Yu - Ecological Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, AlexNet with transfer learning was employed to automatically detect and
classify the sounds of killer whales, long-finned pilot whales, and harp seals with widely …

Perspectives on antiphonal calling, duetting and counter-singing in non-primate mammals: an overview with notes on the coordinated vocalizations of bamboo rats …

EN Vanderhoff, N Bernal Hoverud - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Temporally coordinated interactive vocalizations are important means of communication
between individuals in various animal taxa. In mammals, interactive calling and singing can …

The first three records of killer whales (Orcinus orca) killing and eating blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus).

JA Totterdell, R Wellard, IM Reeves… - Marine Mammal …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Ford and Reeves (2008) list four additional accounts of blue whales fleeing from killer
whales (two from Gulf of California, two from central California): in two cases, the killer …

Call combination patterns in Icelandic killer whales (Orcinus orca)

A Selbmann, PJO Miller, PJ Wensveen… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Acoustic sequences have been described in a range of species and in varying complexity.
Cetaceans are known to produce complex song displays but these are generally limited to …

[PDF][PDF] Detection and classification methods for animal sounds

JN Oswald, C Erbe, WL Gannon… - Exploring animal …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Researchers have a natural tendency to classify biological systems into categories. For
example, organisms can be classified based on biome, ecosystem, taxon, phylogeny, niche …

Evolution of human language: duetting as part of prosociality and cognition

G Kaplan - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The evolution of human language is a topic that has received undiminished attention.
Numerous hypotheses for the origin of human language have been proposed, including …

Bray-Call Sequences in the Mediterranean Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Acoustic Repertoire

DS Pace, C Tumino, M Silvestri, G Giacomini… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the acoustic repertoire of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus), Gulps, Grunts, and Squeaks are part of a group of vocalizations called “bray-call” …

A first vocal repertoire characterization of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Mediterranean Sea: a machine learning approach

M Poupard, P Best, JP Morgan… - Royal Society Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The acoustic repertoires of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the
Mediterranean Sea are poorly understood. This study aims to create a catalogue of calls …

[HTML][HTML] From citizen science to AI models: Advancing cetacean vocalization automatic detection through multi-annotator campaigns

G Dubus, D Cazau, M Torterotot, A Gros-Martial… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Continuous underwater Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) has emerged as a
strong tool for cetacean research. To handle the vast volume of collected data, it is essential …