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porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), longfinned pilot whales (Globicephala melas), and several species of beaked whales.
Along the coastline of Buenos Aires province down to the Rio Negro Estuary
(RNE) in Rio Negro province, Franciscana dolphins can be identified through their
stereotyped NBHF clicks (Melcón et al. 2012a). Recently, Melcón et al. (2016) also
Table 6.1 Available data on the acoustic repertoire of species distributed along the waters off
Argentina
Species
Type of
sound
SL pp
(dB re
1 mPa
p.–p.)
Peak
frequency
(kHz)
Bandwidth
(kHz)
Duration
(ms)
Source
Cephalorhynchus
commersonii
NBHF
clicks
165–
190
119–139
16–31
0.05–
0.14
Kyhn et al.
(2010)
NBHF
clicks
NA
122–181
5–11
0.06–
0.11
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2015)
BB clicks NA
29–96
21–110
0.14–
0.22
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2016a)
Whistles
NA
16
NA
13–27
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2016a,
b)
Pontoporia
blainvillei
NBHF
clicks
NA
139
19
0.21 ±
0.056
Melcón et al.
(2012a)
Pontoporia
blainvillei
Clicks/
pulsed
calls
NA
NA
123
NA
Melcón et al.
(2016)
Orcinus orca
FM
whistles
NA
14.5–23.3 0.9–12.1
20.0–
157.0
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2016b)
Antarctic beaked
whale
(Hyperoodon
planifrons)
FM clicks NA
26.6–32.6 4.1–9.4
0.39–
0.78
Trickey et al.
(2015)
Antarctic beaked
whale
(Mesoplodon
grayi)
FM clicks NA
36.0–37.1 5.1–6.9
0.61–
0.70
Trickey et al.
2015
Lagenorhynchus
australis
NBHF
clicks
169–
196
65–153
9–34
0.065–
0.153
Kyhn et al.
(2010)
NBHF
clicks
NA
125–189
6–11
0.02–
0.08
Marino
et al. (in
preparation)
Lagenorhynchus
obscurus
Burst
pulses
NA
NA
NA
260 ±
430
VaughnHirshorn
et al. (2012)
Lagenorhynchus
cruciger
NBHF
clicks
190–
203
122–131
5–11
0.08–
0.18
Kyhn et al.
(2009)
Note that out of the 28 species of odontocetes registered in Argentinean waters (Bastida and
Rodríguez 2003), acoustic information exists for less than ten species
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porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), longfinned pilot whales (Globicephala melas), and several species of beaked whales.
Along the coastline of Buenos Aires province down to the Rio Negro Estuary
(RNE) in Rio Negro province, Franciscana dolphins can be identified through their
stereotyped NBHF clicks (Melcón et al. 2012a). Recently, Melcón et al. (2016) also
Table 6.1 Available data on the acoustic repertoire of species distributed along the waters off
Argentina
Species
Type of
sound
SL pp
(dB re
1 mPa
p.–p.)
Peak
frequency
(kHz)
Bandwidth
(kHz)
Duration
(ms)
Source
Cephalorhynchus
commersonii
NBHF
clicks
165–
190
119–139
16–31
0.05–
0.14
Kyhn et al.
(2010)
NBHF
clicks
NA
122–181
5–11
0.06–
0.11
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2015)
BB clicks NA
29–96
21–110
0.14–
0.22
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2016a)
Whistles
NA
16
NA
13–27
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2016a,
b)
Pontoporia
blainvillei
NBHF
clicks
NA
139
19
0.21 ±
0.056
Melcón et al.
(2012a)
Pontoporia
blainvillei
Clicks/
pulsed
calls
NA
NA
123
NA
Melcón et al.
(2016)
Orcinus orca
FM
whistles
NA
14.5–23.3 0.9–12.1
20.0–
157.0
Reyes Reyes
et al. (2016b)
Antarctic beaked
whale
(Hyperoodon
planifrons)
FM clicks NA
26.6–32.6 4.1–9.4
0.39–
0.78
Trickey et al.
(2015)
Antarctic beaked
whale
(Mesoplodon
grayi)
FM clicks NA
36.0–37.1 5.1–6.9
0.61–
0.70
Trickey et al.
2015
Lagenorhynchus
australis
NBHF
clicks
169–
196
65–153
9–34
0.065–
0.153
Kyhn et al.
(2010)
NBHF
clicks
NA
125–189
6–11
0.02–
0.08
Marino
et al. (in
preparation)
Lagenorhynchus
obscurus
Burst
pulses
NA
NA
NA
260 ±
430
VaughnHirshorn
et al. (2012)
Lagenorhynchus
cruciger
NBHF
clicks
190–
203
122–131
5–11
0.08–
0.18
Kyhn et al.
(2009)
Note that out of the 28 species of odontocetes registered in Argentinean waters (Bastida and
Rodríguez 2003), acoustic information exists for less than ten species
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