Preliminary stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis was undertaken to investigate whether the resulting data support current knowledge of diet as obtained by conventional approaches. Blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin ...

The frequency of occurrence of naturally sloughed skin was investigated to verify the feasibility of this method to study blue whale genetics off Baja California. Sloughed skin was recorded in 97% of 337 surfacing intervals ...

In the context of bio-acoustic sciences, call detection is a critical task for understanding the behaviour of marine mammals such as the blue whale species (Balaeonoptera musculus) considered in this work. In this paper ...

In this paper, we present an automatic method, without human supervision, for the detection and classification of blue whale vocalizations from passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) data using Hidden Markov Model technology ...

In this paper, we present an automatic method, without human supervision, for the detection and classification of blue whale vocalizations from passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) data using Hidden Markov Model technology ...

Individual identification of blue whales is based on unique pigmentation patterns. Historically photo-identification has been based on the pigmentation patterns observed on a large portion of the animal’s flanks. The new ...

We examined the underwater behavior of blue whales using a suction-cup-attached video-imaging instrument (CRITTERCAM). We made 13 successful deployements (defined as tag during of >15 min and successful recovery of the ...