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Extreme diving of beaked whales.

2006
Open Access Journal Article

Journal of Experimental Biology

Tyack P.L., Johnson M., Aguilar Soto N., Sturlese A, Madsen P.T.

Sound-and-orientation recording tags (DTAGs) were used to study 10 beaked whales of two poorly known species, Ziphius cavirostris (Zc) and Mesoplodon densirostris (Md). Acoustic behaviour in...
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Keywords: Aerobic dive limit, Beaked whale, Diving, Foraging, Mesoplodon densirostris, Ziphius cavirostris

A dive counting density estimation method for Blainvilles beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) using a bottom-mounted hydrophone field as applied to a Mid-Frequency Active (MFA) sonar operation

2010
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Applied Acoustics

Moretti, D., Marques, L., Thomas, N., DiMarzio, A. et al.

We present a passive acoustic method for estimating the density of echolocating cetaceans that dive synchronously, based on isolation of dive starts using a field of...
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Keywords: Beaked whale, Diving, Hydrophone