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Repertoire and classification of non-song calls in Southeast Alaskan humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Repertoire and classification of non-song calls in Southeast Alaskan humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) |
| Names |
Fournet, Michelle E.
(creator) Szabo, Andy (creator) Mellinger, David K. (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2015-01 (iso8601) |
| Note | To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is copyrighted by the Acoustical Society of America and published by the American Institute of Physics Publishing. It can be found at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa. |
| Abstract | On low-latitude breeding grounds, humpback whales produce complex and highly stereotyped songs as well as a range of non-song sounds associated with breeding behaviors. While on their Southeast Alaskan foraging grounds, humpback whales produce a range of previously unclassified non-song vocalizations. This study investigates the vocal repertoire of Southeast Alaskan humpback whales from a sample of 299 non-song vocalizations collected over a 3-month period on foraging grounds in Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska. Three classification systems were used, including aural spectrogram analysis, statistical cluster analysis, and discriminant function analysis, to describe and classify vocalizations. A hierarchical acoustic structure was identified; vocalizations were classified into 16 individual call types nested within four vocal classes. The combined classification method shows promise for identifying variability in call stereotypy between vocal groupings and is recommended for future classification of broad vocal repertoires. |
| Genre | Article |
| Identifier | Fournet, M. E., Szabo, A., & Mellinger, D. K. (2015). Repertoire and classification of non-song calls in Southeast Alaskan humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), 1-10. doi:10.1121/1.4904504 |
