Identification of Antarctic minke and killer whales with passive acoustic monitoring in Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Ying JIANG; Lian-Gang LÜ; Zongwei LIU; Chunmei YANG; Jingsong GUO

doi:10.1007/s00343-021-1017-x

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Identification of Antarctic minke and killer whales with passive acoustic monitoring in Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Physics | Updated：2023-05-20

- Identification of Antarctic minke and killer whales with passive acoustic monitoring in Prydz Bay, Antarctica
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 40, Issue 2, Pages: 485-495(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
  2.Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
  3.Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
- Author bio：
  
  Jingsong GUO, E-mail: gjings23@fio.org.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-021-1017-x
  CLC：
- Received：15 January 2021，
  
  Accepted：06 April 2021，
  
  Online First：06 May 2021，
  
  Published：2022-03
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Ying JIANG, Lian-Gang LÜ, Zongwei LIU, et al. Identification of Antarctic minke and killer whales with passive acoustic monitoring in Prydz Bay, Antarctica[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(2): 485-495.
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Ying JIANG, Lian-Gang LÜ, Zongwei LIU, et al. Identification of Antarctic minke and killer whales with passive acoustic monitoring in Prydz Bay, Antarctica[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(2): 485-495. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-021-1017-x.

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Although four species of odontocete and four species of baleen whale have been recorded in Prydz Bay

their vocalizations have been rarely investigated. Underwater vocalizations were recorded during March 2017 in Prydz Bay

Antarctica. Bio-duck sounds

downsweeps

inverted "u" shape signals

whistles

pulsed sounds

and broadband clicks were recorded. Bio-duck sounds and downsweeps were associated with Antarctic minke whales (

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

) based on visual observations. Similarities between inverted "u" shape signals

biphonic calls

and clicks with vocalizations previously described for killer whales (

Orcinus orca

) lead us believe the presence of Antarctic killer whales. According to sound structures

signal characteristics

and recording location

Antarctic type C killer whales were the most probable candidates to produce these detected calls. These represent the first detection of inverted "u" shape signals in Antarctic waters

and the first report of Antarctic killer whale in Prydz Bay based on passive acoustic monitoring. The co-existence of Antarctic minke and killer whales may imply that minke whales can detect differences between the sounds of mammal-eating and fish-eating killer whales. Our descriptions of these underwater vocalizations contribute to the limited body of information regarding the distribution and acoustic behavior of cetaceans in Prydz Bay.

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