Sperm whale long-range echolocation sounds revealed by ANTARES, a deep-sea neutrino telescope.

Autor: André M; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Caballé A; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., van der Schaar M; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Solsona A; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Houégnigan L; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Zaugg S; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Sánchez AM; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Castell JV; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Solé M; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Vila F; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Djokic D; Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), Rambla Exposició, 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain., Adrián-Martínez S; Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) - Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, C/Paranimf 1, 46730 Gandia, Spain., Albert A; GRPHE - Université de Haute Alsace - Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit BP 50568 - 68008, Colmar, France., Anghinolfi M; INFN - Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy., Anton G; Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany., Ardid M; Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) - Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, C/Paranimf 1, 46730 Gandia, Spain., Aubert JJ; Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM UMR 7346, 13288 Marseille, France., Avgitas T; APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France., Baret B; APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France., Barrios-Martí J; IFIC - Institut de Física Corpuscular (CSIC - Universitat de València) c/Catedrático José Beltran, 2 E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain., Basa S; LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l'Etoile Site de Château-Gombert, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 38, 13388 Marseille Cédex 13, France., Bertin V; Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM UMR 7346, 13288 Marseille, France., Biagi S; INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Via S. 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Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2017 Apr 12; Vol. 7, pp. 45517. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Apr 12.
DOI: 10.1038/srep45517
Abstrakt: Despite dedicated research has been carried out to adequately map the distribution of the sperm whale in the Mediterranean Sea, unlike other regions of the world, the species population status is still presently uncertain. The analysis of two years of continuous acoustic data provided by the ANTARES neutrino telescope revealed the year-round presence of sperm whales in the Ligurian Sea, probably associated with the availability of cephalopods in the region. The presence of the Ligurian Sea sperm whales was demonstrated through the real-time analysis of audio data streamed from a cabled-to-shore deep-sea observatory that allowed the hourly tracking of their long-range echolocation behaviour on the Internet. Interestingly, the same acoustic analysis indicated that the occurrence of surface shipping noise would apparently not condition the foraging behaviour of the sperm whale in the area, since shipping noise was almost always present when sperm whales were acoustically detected. The continuous presence of the sperm whale in the region confirms the ecological value of the Ligurian sea and the importance of ANTARES to help monitoring its ecosystems.
Databáze: MEDLINE