Article ; Online: A statistical acoustics approach for estimating population-scale bowhead whale migration speed and direction.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2024 Volume 155, Issue 3, Page(s) 1969–1981
Abstract: Bowhead whales vocalize during their annual fall migration from the Beaufort Sea to the Bering Sea, but the calling rates of individual animals are so low that tracking an individual trajectory is impractical using passive acoustic methods. However, the ... ...
Abstract | Bowhead whales vocalize during their annual fall migration from the Beaufort Sea to the Bering Sea, but the calling rates of individual animals are so low that tracking an individual trajectory is impractical using passive acoustic methods. However, the travel speed and direction of the migrating population can be inferred on a statistical basis by cross-correlating time sequences of call density measured at two locations spaced several kilometers apart. By using the triangulation abilities of a set of vector sensors deployed offshore the Alaskan North Slope between 2008 and 2014, call density time sequences were generated from 1-km wide and 40-km tall rectangular "zones" that were separated by distances ranging from 3.5 to 15 km. The cross-covariances between the two sequences generate a peak corresponding to the average time it takes for whales to travel between the zones. Consistent westward travel speeds of ∼5 km/h were obtained from four different locations on 6 of the 7 years of the study, independent of whether the zones were separated by 3.5, 7, or 15 km. Some sites, however, also revealed a less prominent eastern movement of whales, and shifts in migration speed were occasionally detectable over week-long time scales. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Bowhead Whale ; Cetacea ; Acoustics ; Movement ; Seasons |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-02-23 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 219231-7 |
ISSN | 1520-8524 ; 0001-4966 |
ISSN (online) | 1520-8524 |
ISSN | 0001-4966 |
DOI | 10.1121/10.0025288 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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