Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas

This thesis investigates the calling behaviour of the eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue (EIOPB) using long term data collected from passive acoustic recorders in the Perth Canyon, Western Australia (31.917° S, 115.031° E) and Portland, Victoria South Eastern Australia (38.536° S, 141.242° E). The rese...

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Main Author: Beck, Capri Dawn
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77425
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description This thesis investigates the calling behaviour of the eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue (EIOPB) using long term data collected from passive acoustic recorders in the Perth Canyon, Western Australia (31.917° S, 115.031° E) and Portland, Victoria South Eastern Australia (38.536° S, 141.242° E). The research contained within this thesis highlights and quantifies the variability in song production of the eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whale, highlighting the capacity for blue whales to exhibit behavioural plasticity and building upon the understanding of singing behaviour in baleen whales.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-774252019-12-18T02:37:54Z Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas Beck, Capri Dawn This thesis investigates the calling behaviour of the eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue (EIOPB) using long term data collected from passive acoustic recorders in the Perth Canyon, Western Australia (31.917° S, 115.031° E) and Portland, Victoria South Eastern Australia (38.536° S, 141.242° E). The research contained within this thesis highlights and quantifies the variability in song production of the eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whale, highlighting the capacity for blue whales to exhibit behavioural plasticity and building upon the understanding of singing behaviour in baleen whales. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77425 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Beck, Capri Dawn
Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas
title Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas
title_full Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas
title_fullStr Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas
title_full_unstemmed Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas
title_short Vocal Behaviour of the Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale and Its Changes over Time and Between Aggregation Areas
title_sort vocal behaviour of the eastern indian ocean pygmy blue whale and its changes over time and between aggregation areas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77425