Ultrasonic whistles of killer whales (Orcinus orca) recorded in the North Pacific (L)

作者:Filatova Olga A*; Ford John K B; Matkin Craig O; Barrett Lennard Lance G; Burdin Alexander M; Hoyt Erich
来源:Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2012, 132(6): 3618-3621.
DOI:10.1121/1.4764874

摘要

Ultrasonic whistles were previously found in North Atlantic killer whales and were suggested to occur in eastern North Pacific killer whales based on the data from autonomous recorders. In this study ultrasonic whistles were found in the recordings from two encounters with the eastern North Pacific offshore ecotype killer whales and one encounter with the western North Pacific killer whales of unknown ecotype. All ultrasonic whistles were highly stereotyped and all but two had downsweep contours. These results demonstrate that specific sound categories can be shared by killer whales from different ocean basins.

  • 出版日期2012-12

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