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dc.contributor.authorRomagosa, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorBaumgartner, Mark
dc.contributor.authorCascão, Irma
dc.contributor.authorLammers, Marc O.
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Tiago A.
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Ricardo S.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Mónica A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-24T14:31:52Z
dc.date.available2020-03-24T14:31:52Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-16
dc.identifier267031550
dc.identifier6f6e8f4e-10a3-4c19-ad37-d5a4f1af916e
dc.identifier85082008635
dc.identifier000530995200001
dc.identifier.citationRomagosa , M , Baumgartner , M , Cascão , I , Lammers , M O , Marques , T A , Santos , R S & Silva , M A 2020 , ' Baleen whale acoustic presence and behaviour at a Mid-Atlantic migratory habitat, the Azores Archipelago ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 10 , 4766 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61849-8en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:E8B021B0EE7CECCADDF2948BDBC123DA
dc.identifier.otherRIS: Romagosa2020
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2581-1972/work/71221179
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/19700
dc.descriptionThis work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Azores 2020 Operational Programme and Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT) through research projects TRACE (PTDC/MAR/74071/2006), MAPCET (M2.1.2/F/012/2011) and AWARENESS (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/201), co-funded by FEDER, COMPETE, QREN, POPH, ERDF, ESF, the Lisbon Regional Operational Programme, and the Portuguese Ministry for Science and Education. Funding for publication fees was provided by Project AWARENESS (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/201). Okeanos R&D Centre is supported by FCT, through the strategic fund (UIDB/05634/2020). MR was supported by a DRCT doctoral grant (M3.1.a/F/028/2015) and MAS by an FCT-Investigator contract (IF/00943/2013). TAM thanks partial support by CEAUL (funded by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, through the project UID/MAT/00006/2013).en
dc.description.abstractThe identification of important areas during the annual life cycle of migratory animals, such as baleen whales, is vital for their conservation. In boreal springtime, fin and blue whales feed in the Azores on their way to northern latitudes while sei whales migrate through the archipelago with only occasional feeding. Little is known about their autumn or winter presence or their acoustic behaviour in temperate migratory habitats. This study used a 5-year acoustic data set collected by autonomous recorders in the Azores that were processed and analysed using an automated call detection and classification system. Fin and blue whales were acoustically present in the archipelago from autumn to spring with marked seasonal differences in the use of different call types. Diel patterns of calling activity were only found for fin whales with more calls during the day than night. Sei whales showed a bimodal distribution of acoustic presence in spring and autumn, corresponding to their expected migration patterns. Diel differences in sei whale calling varied with season and location. This work highlights the importance of the Azores as a migratory and wintering habitat for three species of baleen whales and provides novel information on their acoustic behaviour in a mid-Atlantic region.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reportsen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleBaleen whale acoustic presence and behaviour at a Mid-Atlantic migratory habitat, the Azores Archipelagoen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statisticsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modellingen
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-020-61849-8
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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