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Minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata avoid a 15 kHz acoustic deterrent device (ADD)

2021
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

MEPS

Boisseau, O., McGarry, T., Stephenson, S., Compton, R.

Results of a controlled exposure experiment to determine whether acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) would modify behaviour in minke whales. Whales exhibited immediate and sustained behavioural response,...
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Keywords: Acoustic, Deterrence, Minke whales

Estimating minke whale (Balaenoptere acutorostrata) boing sound density using passive acoustic sensors

2013
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Mammal Science

Martin, S., Marques, T., Thomas, L., Morrissey, R. et al.

Density estimation for marine mammal species is performed primarily using visual distance sampling or capture-recapture. Minke whales in Hawaiian waters are very difficult to sight; however,...
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Keywords: Capture-recapture, Density estimation, Minke whales, Signal processing

Spatial and Temporal Trends in the Distribution of Harbour Porpoises, White- Beaked Dolphins and Minke Whales Off Aberdeenshire (UK), North-Western North Sea.

2007
Pay-walled Journal Article

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Weir, C.R., Stokin, K.A. and Pierce, G.J.

Most North Sea cetacean species are wide-ranging and consequently poorly studied. Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, white-beaked dolphin...
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Keywords: Aberdeenshire, Harbour Porpoises, Minke whales, White-beaked dolphins