Analysis of Northern bottlenose whale pulses and associated reflections recorded from the Gully Marine Protected Area
Bibliographic record
Abstract
The Gully Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a large submarine canyon at the edge of the Scotian Shelf, south of Nova Scotia. A resident population of northern bottlenose whales are known to occur in the Gully throughout the year, and the canyon provides important foraging grounds for the population. Bottom-mounted Autonomous Multichannel Acoustic Recorders (AMAR) were deployed in the Gully for ten days in in March 2010 (sampling rate = 375 ksps) and two days in October 2011 (sampling rate = 128 ksps). Bisonar pulses produced northern bottlenose whales (likely used to echolocate prey) were recorded consistently throughout these AMAR deployments. The swept FM characteristics of the northern bottlenose whale pulses recorded were consistent over both years, and both data sets contained clear pulse reflections from bottom clutter or prey targets. In this paper we provide a description of the northern bottlenose whale pulses recorded in the Gully and make recommendations on short-time Fourier transform parameters for analysis of the pulses. A description of the pulse reflections is also provided, based on analysis of the reflection patterns using short-time Fourier transforms and by matched filtering with the direct arrival from the whales.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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