Sound production patterns from humpback whales in a high latitude foraging area

2005 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 1940-1940
Author(s):  
Alison K. Stimpert ◽  
David N. Wiley ◽  
Kira L. Barton ◽  
Mark P. Johnson ◽  
Marc O. Lammers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Foraging Area

Sound production by singing humpback whales

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 2678-2691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Mercado ◽  
Jennifer N. Schneider ◽  
Adam A. Pack ◽  
Louis M. Herman
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Humpback Whales

Source levels of humpback whales decrease with frequency suggesting an air-filled resonator is used in sound production

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 (2) ◽  
pp. 869-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Girola ◽  
Michael J. Noad ◽  
Rebecca A. Dunlop ◽  
Douglas H. Cato
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Humpback Whales

scholarly journals Large-scale spatial variabilities in the humpback whale acoustic presence in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 201347
Author(s):  
Elena Schall ◽  
Karolin Thomisch ◽  
Olaf Boebel ◽  
Gabriele Gerlach ◽  
Stefanie Spiesecke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Austral Summer ◽  
Humpback Whale ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Stock Management ◽  
Atlantic Sector ◽  
Acoustic Activity ◽  
Passive Acoustic

Southern Hemisphere humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) inhabit a wide variety of ecosystems including both low- and high-latitude areas. Understanding the habitat selection of humpback whale populations is key for humpback whale stock management and general ecosystem management. In the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean ( ASSO ), the investigation of baleen whale distribution by sighting surveys is temporally restricted to the austral summer. The implementation of autonomous passive acoustic monitoring, in turn, allows the study of vocal baleen whales year-round. This study describes the results of analysing passive acoustic data spanning 12 recording positions throughout the ASSO applying a combination of automatic and manual analysis methods to register humpback whale acoustic activity. Humpback whales were present at nine recording positions with higher acoustic activities towards lower latitudes and the eastern and western edges of the ASSO . During all months, except December (the month with the fewest recordings), humpback whale acoustic activity was registered in the ASSO . The acoustic presence of humpback whales at various locations in the ASSO confirms previous observations that part of the population remains in high-latitude waters beyond austral summer, presumably to feed. The spatial and temporal extent of humpback whale presence in the ASSO suggests that this area may be used by multiple humpback whale breeding populations as a feeding ground.

Noise impacts on social sound production by foraging humpback whales

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Parks ◽  
Dana A. Cusano ◽  
Alessandro Bocconcelli ◽  
Ari S. Friedlaender ◽  
David N. Wiley
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Noise Impacts

High-latitude-area composition of humpback whale competitive groups in Samana Bay: further evidence for panmixis in the North Atlantic population

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1065-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip J. Clapham ◽  
David K. Mattila ◽  
Per J. Palsbøll
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Atlantic Population ◽  
The North ◽  
Skin Biopsies ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Molecular Determination

Competitive groups of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, were observed in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic, West Indies. Photographs of ventral fluke patterns were used to identify individuals, and skin biopsies were taken for molecular determination of sex. Nine groups contained two or more whales previously identified from different high-latitude areas. In seven groups, males from different feeding grounds were observed to compete with each other, and in six cases the group's female was from a different area than at least one of her male escorts. These results provide further support for the hypothesis that the western North Atlantic population of this species can be considered a single panmictic unit.

scholarly journals The Southern Ocean Exchange: porous boundaries between humpback whale breeding populations in southern polar waters

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. C. Marcondes ◽  
T. Cheeseman ◽  
J. A. Jackson ◽  
A. S. Friedlaender ◽  
L. Pallin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Prey Availability ◽  
Humpback Whale ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
West Antarctic ◽  
Breeding Populations ◽  
Commercial Whaling ◽  
Feeding Area ◽  
New Evidence

AbstractHumpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are a cosmopolitan species and perform long annual migrations between low-latitude breeding areas and high-latitude feeding areas. Their breeding populations appear to be spatially and genetically segregated due to long-term, maternally inherited fidelity to natal breeding areas. In the Southern Hemisphere, some humpback whale breeding populations mix in Southern Ocean waters in summer, but very little movement between Pacific and Atlantic waters has been identified to date, suggesting these waters constituted an oceanic boundary between genetically distinct populations. Here, we present new evidence of summer co-occurrence in the West Antarctic Peninsula feeding area of two recovering humpback whale breeding populations from the Atlantic (Brazil) and Pacific (Central and South America). As humpback whale populations recover, observations like this point to the need to revise our perceptions of boundaries between stocks, particularly on high latitude feeding grounds. We suggest that this “Southern Ocean Exchange” may become more frequent as populations recover from commercial whaling and climate change modifies environmental dynamics and humpback whale prey availability.

Contextual sound production by tagged humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a feeding and breeding ground.

2008 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 2484-2484
Author(s):  
Alison K. Stimpert ◽  
Whitlow W. L. Au ◽  
David N. Wiley ◽  
David Mattila
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Megaptera Novaeangliae ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Breeding Ground

Sound production of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Alaskan waters

1977 ◽  
Vol 62 (S1) ◽  
pp. S89-S89 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Thompson ◽  
W. C. Cummings ◽  
S. J. Kennison
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Megaptera Novaeangliae ◽  
Humpback Whales

Population composition of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, on Silver Bank, 1984

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Mattila ◽  
Phillip J. Clapham ◽  
Steven K. Katona ◽  
Gregory S. Stone
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Megaptera Novaeangliae ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Breeding Ecology ◽  
Population Composition ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
The North ◽  
Surface Active

Between 14 February and 19 March 1984, 19 d were spent observing humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, on Silver Bank. In total, 317 whales were individually identified from photographs of ventral fluke patterns. Comparison of these photographs with the North Atlantic humpback whale catalogue revealed that 97 of the whales had previously been observed in other areas. Matches were made with all of the major known high-latitude feeding grounds: Greenland (6), Newfoundland – Labrador (43), the Gulf of St. Lawrence (7), and the Gulf of Maine (12). Matches were also made with habitats in the winter range of this population: Bermuda (1), Silver Bank in other years (26), Puerto Rico (18), Virgin Bank (1), and Anguilla Bank (1). Analysis of matches suggests that whales from the various high-latitude feeding stocks mix randomly on Silver Bank. Seven surface-active groups contained whales from different high-latitude feeding stocks, providing the strongest evidence to date for genetic mixing among these stocks. The behavior and composition of surface-active groups are discussed. Overall, the number of whales, calves, and surface-active groups observed during this study confirms the apparently singular importance of Silver Bank to the breeding ecology of western North Atlantic humpback whales.

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