Minimal similarity in songs suggests limited exchange between humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the southern Indian Ocean.

Minimal similarity in songs suggests limited exchange between humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the southern Indian Ocean.

Comparing humpback whale song from different breeding assemblages can reveal similarities in song due to acoustically interacting males, and therefore indirectly test whether males from different breeding sites are mixing. Northern Hemisphere song comparisons illustrated that whales within ocean bas...

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Main Authors: Murray, A., Salvatore, C., McCauley, Robert, Jenner, C., Razafindrakoto, Y., Coughran, D., McKay, Shannon, Rosenbaum, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Society for Marine Mammology 2012
Subjects:
population structure
song
humpback whale
Indian Ocean
bioacoustics
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8576

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