Acoustic differentiation and classification of wild belugas and narwhals using echolocation clicks

Abstract Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) and narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are highly social Arctic toothed whales with large vocal repertoires and similar acoustic profiles. Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) that uses multiple hydrophones over large spatiotemporal scales has been a primary method to...

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Main Authors: Marie J. Zahn, Shannon Rankin, Jennifer L. K. McCullough, Jens C. Koblitz, Frederick Archer, Marianne H. Rasmussen, Kristin L. Laidre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01441-w