Bioacoustics Publications
*CIMRS authors.
FY 2013
Klinck*, H., S. Nieukirk*, D. K. Mellinger*, K. Klinck*, H. Matsumoto*, and R.P. Dziak*. 2012. Seasonal presence of cetaceans and ambient noise levels in polar waters of the North Atlantic. J. of Acoust. Soc. Am., EL181, 132(3). DOI:10.1121/1.4740226
FY 2012
Klinck H.*, D.K. Mellinger*, K. Klinck*,N.M. Bogue, J.C. Luby, W.A. Jump, G.B. Shilling, T. Litchendorf, A.S. Wood, G.S. Schorr, R.W. Baird. (2012) Near-Real-Time Acoustic Monitoring of Beaked Whales and Other Cetaceans Using a Seaglider™. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36128. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036128
Marques, T.A., L. Thomas, S.W. Martin, D.K. Mellinger*, S. Jarvis, R.P. Morrissey, C.-A. Ciminello, and N. DiMarzio. 2012. Spatially explicit capture-recapture methods to estimate minke whale density from data collected at bottom-mounted hydrophones. J Ornithol. 152 (Suppl 2):S445–S455. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0535-7
Nieukirk, S.L.*, D.K. Mellinger*,S.E. Moore,K.Klinck*, R.P. Dziak* andJ. Goslin. 2012. Sounds from airguns and fin whales recorded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 1999-2009. JASA 131(2): DOI: 10.1121/1.3672648.
FY 2011
Klinck, H.*, and D.K. Mellinger*.2011. The energy ratio mapping algorithm (ERMA): a tool to improve the energy-based detection of odontocete clicks. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(4):1807-1812.
Klinck, H.*, D. K., Mellinger*, K. Klinck*, J. Hager*, L. Kindermann, O. Boebel. 2010. Long-range underwater vocalizations of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128 (1): 474-479.
Küsel, E.T.*, D.K. Mellinger*, L. Thomas, T. Marques, D. Moretti, J. Ward. 2011. Cetacean population density estimation from single fixed sensors using passive acoustics. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 129(6): 3610-3622. DOI: 10.1121/1.3583504
Mellinger, D. K.*, S.W. Martin, R.P. Morrissey, L. Thomas, J .J. Yosco. 2011. A method for detecting whistles, moans, and other frequency contour sounds. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 129(6): 4055-4061. DOI: 10.1121/1.3531926
Mellinger, D.K.*, S. Nieukirk*, K. Klinck*, H. Klinck*, R.P. Dziak*, P.J. Clapham, B. Brandsdóttir. 2011. Confirmation of right whales near an historic whaling ground east of southern Greenland. Biol. Lett. 7(3):411-413, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2010.1191.
Roch, M. A., H. Klinck, S. Baumann-Pickering, D.K. Mellinger*, S. Qui, M. Soldevilla, J.A. Hildebrand. 2011. Classification of echolocation clicks from odontocetes in the Southern California Bight. J. Acoust. Soc Am. 129 (1): 467-475.
van Opzeeland, I., S. Van Parijs, H. Bornemann, Horst, S. Frickenhaus, L. Kindermann, H. Klinck*, J. Ploetz, Joachim, and O. Boebel, 2010. Acoustic ecology of Antarctic pinnipeds. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 414: 267-291.
Yack, T.M., J. Barlow, M.A. Roch, H. Klinck*, S. Martin, D.K. Mellinger*, and D. Gillespie. 2010. Comparison of beaked whale detection algorithms. Applied Acoustics 71:1043-1049.
FY 2008
Gillespie, D. , J. Gordon, R. McHugh, D. McLaren, D.K Mellinger*,P. Redmond, A. Thode, P. Trinder, and X. Deng, 2008. PAMGUARD: semiautomated, open source software for real-time acoustic detection and localisation of cetaceans. In: Underwater noise measurement, impact and mitigation, 14-15 October 2008, Southhampton. Proc. of the Instit. of Acoustics. v.30, pt. 5.
Mellinger, D.K*. 2008. A neural network for classifying clicks of Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densiostris). Can. Acoustics 36(1): 55-59.
Mellinger, D.K.*, S.K. Nieukirk*, H. Matsumoto*, S.L. Heimlich*, R.P. Dziak*, J. Haxel*, M. Fowler, C. Meinig, and H. Miller. 2007. Seasonal occurrence of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) vocalizations at two sites on the Scotian Shelf. Mar. Mam. Sci. 23(4): 856-867.
Stafford, K.A., D.K. Mellinger*, S.E. Moore, and C.G. Fox. 2007. Seasonal variability and detection range modeling of baleen whale calls in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2002. J. of Acoust. Soc. Amer. 122(6): 3378-3390.
FY 2007
Mellinger, D.K.* and C.W. Clark. 2007. MobySound: A reference archive for studying automatic recognition of marine mammal sounds. Applied Acoustics 67(11-12): 1226-1242.
Mellinger, D.K.*, K.M. Stafford, S.E. Moore, R.P. Dziak*, and H. Matsumoto*. 2007. An overview of fixed passive acoustic observation methods for cetaceans. Oceanography, 20(4): 36-45.
FY 2006
Heimlich, S.L.*, D.K. Mellinger*, S.L. Nieukirk*, and C.G. Fox. 2005. Types, distributions, and seasonal occurrence of sounds attributed to Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni) recorded in the eastern tropical Pacific, 1999-2001. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 118(3): 1830-1837. Part I.
Moore, S.E., K.M. Stafford, D.K. Mellinger*, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2006. Listening for large whales in the offshore waters of Alaska. Bioscience 56(1): 49-55.
FY 2004
Mellinger, D.K.*, K.M. Stafford*, and C.G. Fox. 2004. Seasonal occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sounds in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2001. Mar. Mammal Sci. 20(1): 48-62.
Nieukirk, S.L.*, K.M. Stafford*, D.K. Mellinger*, R.P. Dziak*, and C.G. Fox. 2004. Low-frequency whale and seismic airgun sounds recorded from the mid-Atlantic Ocean. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(4): 1832-1843.
FY 2003
Mellinger, D.K.* and C.W. Clark. 2003. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sounds from the N. Atlantic. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114(2): 1-12.
van Parijs, S.M., P.J. Corkeron, J. Harvey, S. Hayes, D.K. Mellinger*, P.A. Rouget, P.M. Thompson, M. Wahlberg, and K.M. Kovacs. 2003. Patterns in the vocalizations of male harbor seals. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113(6): 3403-3408.
Waite, J.M., K. Wynne, and D.K. Mellinger*. 2003. Documented sighting of a N. Pacific right whale in the Gulf of Alaska and post-sighting acoustic monitoring. Northwestern Nat. 84: 38-43.
FY 2002
Mellinger, D.K*. 2002. Ishmael: 1.0 User’s Guide, Ishmael: Integrated System For Holistic Multi-Channel Acoustic Exploration And Localization. NOAA Tech. Memorandum OAR PMEL-120.
FY 2001
Mellinger, D.K.*, C.D. Carson, and C.W. Clark. 2000. Characteristics of Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) pulse trains recorded near Puerto Rico. Mar. Mammal Sci. 16(4):739-756.
Stafford, K.A.*, S.L. Nieukirk*, and C.G. Fox. 2001. Geographic And Seasonal Variation Of Blue Whale Calls In The North Pacific. J. Cet. Res. And Mgmt. 3(1): 65-76.
FY 2000
Lagerquist, B.A., K.A. Stafford*, and B.R. Mate. 2000. Dive Characteristics Of Satellite Monitored Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) Off The Central California Coast. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 16(2): 375-391.
Stafford, K.M.*, S.L. Nieukirk*, and C.G. Fox. 1999. Low-Frequency Whale Sounds Recorded On Hydrophones Moored In The Eastern Tropical Pacific. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(6): 3687-3698.
FY 1999
Ballance, L.T., R.C. Anderson, R.L. Pitman, K. Stafford*, A. Shaan, Z. Waheed, and R.L. Brownell, Jr. 1999. Cetacean Sightings Around the Republic of the Maldives, April 1998. In, Proceedings of the IWCC, May 3-15, 1999, Grenada, 11pp.
Stafford, K.M.*, S.L. Nieukirk*, and C.G. Fox. 1999. An Acoustic Link Between Blue Whales In The Eastern Tropical Pacific And The Northeast Pacific. Mar. Mam. Sci. 15(4): 1258-1268.
Stafford, K.M.*, C.G. Fox, D.S. Clark. 1998. Long-Range Acoustic Detection And Localization Of Blue Whale Calls In The Northeast Pacific Ocean. J. Coust. Soc. Am. 104(6): 3616-3625.
FY 1998
Moore, S.E., K.M. Stafford*, M.E. Dahlheim, C.G. Fox, H.W. Braham, J.J. Polovina and D.E. Bain. 1998. Seasonal Variation in Fin Whale Call Reception at Five SOSUS Sites in the North Pacific.Marine Mammal Sci. 14(3): 617-626.