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Enlarge Image Right Whale fluke in the Bay of Fundy. (WHOI, NMFS Permit #981-1707, BOF05)
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Enlarge Image Photo-identification of a Sperm Whale in the Gulf of Mexico. (Thomas Bennett, NMFS Permit #981-1707, GOM02)
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| Welcome to the Marine Mammal Behavior Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Our research interests include...
- Social behavior and acoustic communication in cetaceans
- Playback to cetaceans of their own and conspecific vocalizations
- Responses of cetaceans to manmade noise
- Vocal learning, and mimicry in the individually distinctive signature signals of bottlenose dolphin and the group distinctive click patterns of sperm whales
- Acoustic structure and social functions of the songs of baleen whales
- Functional studies of echolocation in free-ranging cetaceans
For more information, contact:
Alessandro Bocconcelli Research Specialist Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering (508) 289-2319 abocconcelli@whoi.edu
Last updated: May 12, 2017 |