Abstract

The use of vocal flexibility by humpback whales (Megaptera noavaengliae) often described as “singing” is a highly sophisticated communicative process, possessing a multilayered hierarchical structure across the various acoustical parameters. A deeper spectral analysis of songs made available through Google's Pattern Radio website studied in the month of February 2015 display several adaptive signal adjustments in humpback whale songs. As single singer variations in song properties become more clear, multi-singer variations in song properties remain hypothetical. This raises an important question of incorporating a temporal analysis approach to determine the multi-singer variations in song properties.

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