Song fragments recorded on a tagged juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a winter feeding ground at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA

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• Journal Title:
  Marine Mammal Science
• Personal Author:
  Adcock, Dana L. ; Shearer, Jeanne M. ; Foley, Heather J. ; Swaim, Zach T. ; Read, Andrew J.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Humpback whales produce a variety of sound types, including vocalizations termed “songs” because they consist of repeated, fixed patterns of sounds, similar to bird songs (Payne et al., 1971). Humpback songs consist of themes, phrases, units, and subunits (Payne et al., 1971). In most themes, phrases are repeated before the whale moves on to the next theme, with a complete song lasting 7–30 min (Payne et al., 1971). Singers remain relatively stationary throughout the duration of their display (Helweg et al., 1992).
• Keywords:
  Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
• Source:
  Marine Mammal Science (2024)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13110
• ISSN:
  0824-0469 ; 1748-7692
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ca797a4ba884a23758fa0194c6c91413b08f6ad7d2b421d19b688822d37c2b69
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/56766/noaa_56766_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.24 MB ]