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Long-term passive acoustic recording from a Prydz Bay deepwater mooring 2005
This dataset contains digitized passive acoustic recordings from a hydrophone connected to an autonomous recording device both moored near the sea-floor in the Southern Ocean.... -
Weddell seals do not lengthen calls in response to conspecific masking
Some mammalian and avian species alter their vocal communication signals to reduce masking by background noises (including conspecific calls). A preliminary study suggested that... -
Vocal Characteristics and Communication Strategies of Weddell Seal...
The underwater and in-air recordings were used to derive a technique to classify the call types. The in-air recordings demonstrated that both males and females vocalise and... -
Stereotyped Calling Patterns of a Male Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
From the abstract of the attached paper: Underwater calling behaviour between breathing bouts of a single adult male Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) was examined with... -
RSV Nuyina Voyage 2 2021-22 Voyage Data, Southern Ocean, Antarctica
This dataset contains the Voyage Data from Voyage 2 2021-22 collected during RSV Nuyina’s maiden voyage to Antarctica. This purpose of this voyage was a combination of... -
Through-ice communication by Weddell seals may not be practicable
Possible communication between territorial male Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) under the ice with females on the ice was investigated. In-air and underwater recordings... -
Weddell seal call types made by males and females.
Recordings were made of adult male and female Weddell seals on the ice during the breeding seasons of 1990 and 1997. The recordings were made near Davis, Antarctica in the...