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Change in singing behavior of humpback whales caused by shipping noise

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Tsujii, K., Akamatsu, T., Okamoto, R., Mori, K., Mitani, Y. and Umeda, N.

Reactions of singing behavior of individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to a specific shipping noise were examined. Two autonomous recorders separated by 3.0 km were used...
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Keywords: Behaviour, Humpback whale, Shipping

Factors affecting the reliability and validity of behavioural datasets: Assessing the impact of observers experience and native language on studies of wild animals

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Aquatic Mammals

Kavanagh, A., Goldizen, A., Blomberg, S., Noad, M. et al.

In animal behaviour studies, particularly those involving wild animals, the reliability and validity of behavioural data collected by observers are not often examined. It is rarer...
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Keywords: BRAHSS, Experience, Humpback whale, Interoberver agreement, Interoberver reliability, Kappa statistics, Native language

Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Biology Letters

Blair, H. B., Merchant N. D., Friedlaender Ari S., Wiley David N. and Parks Susan E.

Noise from shipping activity in North Atlantic coastal waters has been steadily increasing and is an area of growing conservation concern, as it has the potential...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Foraging, Humpback whale

The effects of vessel noise on the communication network of humpback whales

2019
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Royal Society Open Science

Dunlop, R. A.

Humpback whales rely on acoustic communication to mediate social interactions. The distance to which these social signals propagate from the signaller defines its communication space, and...
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Keywords: Acoustic communication, Active space, Anthropogenic noise, Humpback whale, Masking

Seismic Surveys Negatively Affect Humpback Whale Singing Activity off Northern Angola

2014
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Cerchio, S., Strindberg, S., Collings, t., Bennett, C. and Rosenbaum, H.

Passive acoustic monitoring was used to document the presence of singing humpback whales off the coast of Northern Angola, and opportunistically test for the effect of...
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Keywords: Behavious, Generalised additive mixed effects model, Humpback whale, Seismic survey, Song

Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae alter calling behavior in response to natural sounds and vessel noise

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Fournet, M. E. H., Matthews, L .P., Gabriele, C. M., Haver, S., Mellinger, D. K. and Klinck, H.

Acoustically adept species in the marine environment have to contend with complex and highly variable soundscapes. In the ocean today, sounds from human sources contribute substantially...
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Keywords: Behaviour, Humpback whale, Shipping

The behavioural response of migrating humpback whales to a full seismic Airgun arrays

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R. D., Kniest, E., Slade, R., Paton , D., Cato, D. H.

Despite concerns on the effects of noise from seismic survey airguns on marine organisms, there remains uncertainty as to the biological significance of any response. This...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Behavioural response study, Biological significance, Humpback whale, Seismic airgun