A complex baleen whale call recorded in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument

作者:Nieukirk Sharon L*; Fregosi Selene; Mellinger David K; Klinck Holger
来源:Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016, 140(3): EL274-EL279.
DOI:10.1121/1.4962377

摘要

In fall 2014 and spring 2015, passive acoustic data were collected via autonomous gliders east of Guam in an area that included the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. A short (2-4 s), complex sound was recorded that features a similar to 38 Hz moan with both harmonics and amplitude modulation, followed by broad-frequency metallic-sounding sweeps up to 7.5 kHz. This sound was recorded regularly during both fall and spring surveys. Aurally, the sound is quite unusual and most resembles the minke whale "Star Wars" call. It is likely this sound is biological and produced by a baleen whale.

  • 出版日期2016-9