In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 113, No. 1 ( 2003-01-01), p. 57-60
Abstract:
Recordings were made of the sounds produced by white whales during capture events in Storfjorden, Svalbard, in the late autumn. Only four of eight captured individuals produced sounds. Four subadults, one female and three males, between 330 and 375 cm long, did not produce sounds during handling. The four animals that produced sounds were as follows: a female subadult of 280 cm produced repetitive broadband clicks; a solitary calf produced harmonic sounds, which we suggest may serve as mother–calf “contact calls,” and a mother–calf pair were the two animals that produced the most sounds in the study. The mother produced “crooning” broadband clicks and frequently moved her head toward her calf while producing underwater sounds. The calf produced three types of frequency-modulated sounds interspersed within broadband click trains. No sounds were heard from any of the animals once they were free-swimming, or during ad lib recording sessions in the study area, even though groups of white whales were sighted on several occasions away from the capture net.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
2003
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1461063-2
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