416
Fig. 15.7 Boat based survey are being utilized in long term cetacean monitoring since the 1970s.
In this research a 13 m wood trawler boat was adapted to perform data collection cruises, during
the study of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) acoustic ecology in Brazil (Photo:
Marcos Rossi-Santos/IBJ)
Fig. 15.8 Data collection on the behavioral ecology of humpback whale singer males. Approaching
the whales to investigate social parameters, such as number of individuals and group composition
is an important step to see how and where the males are performing their song (Photo: IBJ Image
Bank)
M.R. Rossi-Santos
Fig. 15.7 Boat based survey are being utilized in long term cetacean monitoring since the 1970s.
In this research a 13 m wood trawler boat was adapted to perform data collection cruises, during
the study of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) acoustic ecology in Brazil (Photo:
Marcos Rossi-Santos/IBJ)
Fig. 15.8 Data collection on the behavioral ecology of humpback whale singer males. Approaching
the whales to investigate social parameters, such as number of individuals and group composition
is an important step to see how and where the males are performing their song (Photo: IBJ Image
Bank)
M.R. Rossi-Santos