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SUBMITTER: Fournet MEH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160409 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fournet Michelle E H MEH Gabriele Christine M CM Culp David C DC Sharpe Fred F Mellinger David K DK Klinck Holger H
Scientific reports 20180927 1
Investigating long term trends in acoustic communication is essential for understanding the role of sound in social species. Humpback whales are an acoustically plastic species known for producing rapidly-evolving song and a suite of non-song vocalizations ("calls") containing some call types that exhibit short-term stability. By comparing the earliest known acoustic recordings of humpback whales in Southeast Alaska (from the 1970's) with recordings collected in the 1990's, 2000's, and 2010's, w ...[more]