Summary
An underwater acoustic recorder was moored off Heard Island from September 2017 through March 2018 to listen for marine mammals. Analysis of data was initially conducted by visual inspection of long-term spectral averages to reveal sounds from sperm whales, Antarctic and pygmy blue whales, fin whales, minke whales, odontocete whistles, and noise from nearby ships. Automated detection of sperm whale clicks revealed they were seldom detected from September through January (n¼35 h) but were detected nearly every day of February and March (n¼684 h). Additional analysis of these detections revealed further diel and demographic patterns.
Authors:Miller B.S. Masere C. Milnes M. Cleeland J. Lamb T. Maschette D. Welsford D.
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
Published in: 2024
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Program area: Southern Ocean Ecosystems
Miller B.S., Masere C., Milnes M., Cleeland J., Lamb T., Maschette D., Welsford D.
(2024)
Heard off Heard: Acoustic detections of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and other cetaceans off Heard Island,
JASA Express Letters
4 (6).
061201;
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0026242;
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