Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs

A line array of 14 ocean bottom seismographs was deployed on the Exmouth Plateau northwest of the North West Cape in Western Australia in December 2014-January 2015. Acoustic data collected with this array were used to evaluate the corridor of the southbound migration of pygmy blue whales of the eas...

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Main Authors: Gavrilov, A., Gavrilov, Alexander, Paskos, G., Goncharov, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Acoustical Society of America 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72609
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Gavrilov, Alexander
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description A line array of 14 ocean bottom seismographs was deployed on the Exmouth Plateau northwest of the North West Cape in Western Australia in December 2014-January 2015. Acoustic data collected with this array were used to evaluate the corridor of the southbound migration of pygmy blue whales of the eastern Indian Ocean population. It is found that pygmy blue whales tended to travel southward much further away from the Western Australian coast, at distances of up to 400 km from shore, than that expected from data on their northbound migration. This is an important observation providing additional information on the migration pattern of pygmy blue whales, which is crucial for assessing their population and migration by passive acoustic means.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-726092019-05-09T02:05:36Z Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs Gavrilov, A. Gavrilov, Alexander Paskos, G. Goncharov, A. A line array of 14 ocean bottom seismographs was deployed on the Exmouth Plateau northwest of the North West Cape in Western Australia in December 2014-January 2015. Acoustic data collected with this array were used to evaluate the corridor of the southbound migration of pygmy blue whales of the eastern Indian Ocean population. It is found that pygmy blue whales tended to travel southward much further away from the Western Australian coast, at distances of up to 400 km from shore, than that expected from data on their northbound migration. This is an important observation providing additional information on the migration pattern of pygmy blue whales, which is crucial for assessing their population and migration by passive acoustic means. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72609 10.1121/1.5063452 Acoustical Society of America restricted
spellingShingle Gavrilov, A.
Gavrilov, Alexander
Paskos, G.
Goncharov, A.
Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
title Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
title_full Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
title_fullStr Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
title_full_unstemmed Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
title_short Southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of Australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
title_sort southbound migration corridor of pygmy blue whales off the northwest coast of australia based on data from ocean bottom seismographs
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72609