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Filtering by: Creator Marshall, Nicole S. Location Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States, (Area) Degree Level Doctoral

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Calling Behavior In Southeast Alaska : A Study In Acoustic Ecology And Noise

Creator:

Fournet, Michelle E. H.

Abstract:

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are a widely distributed baleen whale species, well known for their diverse acoustic behavior. On high-latitude foraging grounds, humpback whales produce a suite of non-song vocalizations (“calls”) in concert with foraging and social behavior. In this dissertation I investigated the role of calls in the acoustic...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

whales in Southeast Alaska (1970’s) with recordings collected in the 1990’s, 2000’s, and 2010’s, I