Fin Whale

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Title Fin Whale
Common Name Fin Whale
Scientific Name Balaenoptera physalus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Craniata
Class mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Subject Mammals; Nature sounds
Creator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Media Rights Management Audio file is public domain
Publisher Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah
Type Sound
Format video/mp4
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Description Recording of a Fin Whale sped up by a factor of ten
Photo Rights Management Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries Service, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fish's Science Center; Photo retrieved from http://swfsc.noaa.gov/gallery.aspx?&ParentMenuId=147&folder_id=662
Note The recorded signal has been sped up by a factor of ten; NOAA describes the recording: "Atlantic fin whale call...The 20-Hz signals of finback whales are perhaps one of the better described whale calls in the Atlantic Ocean. Typically, these signals are short (< 1s) pulses that downsweep from about 23 Hz to 18 Hz. These pulses typically are produced in groups or 'bouts.' (Watkins et al. 1987). Pulse duration, frequency and bout length can vary with location." Description of recording taken from NOAA website on February 22, 2010 at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/seasounds/seasounds.html; Recording Date: circa between 1990 and 2009
Full Nature Serve Report http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103352
ARK ark:/87278/s6z89rt7
Setname uu_wss
ID 1119049
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z89rt7