In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 136, No. 4_Supplement ( 2014-10-01), p. 2277-2277
Abstract:
Calculation of echolocation signals emission rate is necessary to estimate how many individuals are vocalizing, especially if passive acoustic density estimation methods are to be implemented. We calculated the individual emission rate of echolocation signals of franciscana dolphin. Fieldwork was between 22 and 31 January of 2014 at Babitonga Bay, Brazil. Acoustic data and group size were registered when animals were within visual range at maximum distance of 50 meters. We used a Cetacean Research™ hydrophone. The sound was digitized by Analogic/Digital IOtech, stored as wav-files and analyzed with Raven software. A band limited energy detector was set to automatically extract echolocation signals. The emission rate was calculated dividing the clicks registered for each file by the file duration and by the number of individuals in the group. We analyzed 240 min of sound of 36 groups. A total of 29,164 clicks were detected. The median individual click rate was 0.290 clicks/s (10th = 0.036 and 90th = 1.166 percentiles). The result is a general approximation of the individual echolocation signal emission rate. Sound production rates are potentially dependent on a number of factors, like season, group size, sex, or even density itself. [This study was supported by IWC/Australia, Petrobras, Fundo de Apoio à Pesquisa/UNIVILLE.]
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
2014
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1461063-2
