Modeling the effect of boat traffic on the fluctuation of humpback whale singing activity in the Abrolhos National Marine Park, Brazil

RS Sousa-Lima, CW Clark - Canadian Acoustics, 2008 - jcaa.caa-aca.ca
Since the moratorium on whaling, the Brazilian government and local Non-Govermental
Organizations (NGOs) have adopted and encouraged a more sustainable use of whales as …

Environmental constraints on sound transmission by humpback whales

E Mercado III, LN Frazer - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Singing humpback whales in Hawaii produce a variety of sounds at high source levels (ca.
185 dB re: 1 μPa), in coastal waters 15–500 m deep. These sounds are attenuated and …

Change in singing behavior of humpback whales caused by shipping noise

K Tsujii, T Akamatsu, R Okamoto, K Mori, Y Mitani… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Reactions of singing behavior of individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to
a specific shipping noise were examined. Two autonomous recorders separated by 3.0 km …

Applicability of information theory to the quantification of responses to anthropogenic noise by southeast Alaskan humpback whales

LR Doyle, B McCowan, SF Hanser, C Chyba, T Bucci… - Entropy, 2008 - mdpi.com
We assess the effectiveness of applying information theory to the characterization and
quantification of the affects of anthropogenic vessel noise on humpback whale (Megaptera …

Humpback Whales: exploring global diversity and behavioral plasticity in an undersea virtuoso

D Cholewiak, S Cerchio - Ethology and behavioral ecology of mysticetes, 2022 - Springer
It has been fifty years since Payne and McVay's seminal publication on the strange and
beautiful sounds of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), the study which …

[PDF][PDF] Movement patterns, behaviors, and whistle sounds of dolphin groups off Kaikoura, New Zealand

SE Yin - 1999 - Citeseer
The dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is a small delphinid that occurs in temperate
waters near Southern Hemisphere land masses. Off Kaikoura, New Zealand, duskies are …

[PDF][PDF] The occurrence and significance of humpback whale songs in Glacier Bay, Southeastern Alaska

C Gabriele, AS Frankel - Arctic research of the United States, 2002 - nsf.gov
43 imately 355 humpbacks have been individually identified in the Glacier Bay area since
1985, including at least 36 mature males. Although the long-term population monitoring …

Humpback whale song or humpback whale sonar? A reply to Au et al

E Mercado, LN Frazer - IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Au et al.'s arguments against the hypothesis that humpback whale songs function as long-
range sonar are based on questionable assumptions rather than on empirical data. Like …

[PDF][PDF] Surprising humpback whale songs in glacier bay national park

CM Gabriele, AS Frankel - … park science: Connections to natural and …, 2002 - npshistory.com
Exciting research in Glacier Bay National Park is leading researchers to reevaluate previous
concepts about humpback whale singing. Prior to the present research, humpback whales …

Frequencies of Humpback Whale Song Units (Megaptera novaeangliae): Adjustments to Small Boat Noise

A Brown, KD Seger, MP Rey-Baquero… - The Effects of Noise on …, 2024 - Springer
Anthropogenic noise has been shown to impair hearing and elicit behavioral changes
among marine animals. Humpback whales are known for their complex vocal displays (ie …