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TABLE
1.1. Characteristics of vocalizations of mysticete whales
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Frequency
Dominant
Source Level
~
limits
frequencies
(dB re IIlPa)
r
Species of whales
Signal type
(Hz)
(Hz)
at 1m
References
~
Blue (B. musculus)
FM moans
12.5-200
16-25
188
Cummings and Thompson (1971),
Edds (1982)
Songs
16--60
16--60
-
McDonald, Hildebrand, and Webb
(1994)
Bowhead (B. mysticetus)
Tonal moans
25-900
100-400
129-178
Cummings and Holliday (1987),
Pulses
25-3,500
152-185
-
Wursig and Clark (1993)
Songs
20--500
158-189
Cummings and Holliday (1987),
Ljungblad, Thompson, and Moore
(1982)
Bryde's (B. edeni)
FM moans
70--245
124-132
152-174
Cummings, Thompson, and Ha
(1986), Edds, Odell, and Tershy
(1993)
Pulsed moans
100--930
165-900
-
Edds, Odell, and Tershy (1993)
Discrete pulses
700--950
700--950
Edds, Odell, and Tershy (1993)
Fin (B. physalus)
FM moans
14-118
20
160--186
Watkins (1981), Edds (1988),
Cummings and Thompson (1994)
Tonals
34-150
34-150
-
Edds (1988)
Songs
17-25
17-25
186
Watkins (1981)
Gray (E. robustus)
Pulses
100--2,000
300--825
-
Dalheim, Fisher, and Schempp
(1984), Crane (1992)
FM moan
250--300
250--300
152
Cummings, Thompson, and Cook
(1968), Dalheim, Fisher, and
Schempp (1992)