Preliminary results of the effects of SURTASS-LFA sonar on singing humpback whales

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Preliminary results of the effects of SURTASS-LFA sonar on singing humpback whales

An observation vessel towing a hydrophone array followed individual singers continuously recording their songs and the received level of sonar near the whale. At least 2 complete songs were recorded before commencing a 60min 42s long playback, which consisted of ten 42s signals transmitted every 6 min. by a U.S. Navy vessel. Observations continued into the post-exposure period. Song spectrograms were broken into themes and phrases using visual analysis and aurol scoring. 23 focal follows were conducted; 5 were control follows with no playback. In 9 follows the whale sang throughout the playback, in 4 the whale stopped singing when it joined another whale and in 5 it stopped presumably in response to the playback. We recorded at least one complete song in all three experimental conditions from six individuals. These singers sang longer sonsgs during (13.75min) than before (10.68min) or after (10.58min) the playback (model III ANOVA, p=0.047, n=6). No differences were found in theme order. Song cessation and song duration responses did not scale with sonar received level. High variability in individual responses may indicate that some males were more sensitive to the sonar than others.

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WHOI
Language
English
Pages
23

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"May 2000."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-16).

Also issued online.

Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research under contract no. N00014-97-1-1031.

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Woods Hole, Mass
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WHOI -- 2000-06., Technical report, WHOI (Series) -- 2000-06., Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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23 p. :
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23

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OL15570522M

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OL11631981W

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