Investigation of in-air vocal communication between harbour seals (phoca vitulina)

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dc.contributor.authorReiman, Tony
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T22:12:42Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T22:12:42Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractFemale harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) keep track of their pups by following the vocalizations the pups make. The maximum communication distance possible between the seals when communicating in the air over the sea surface was investigated and found to be about 320 metres. This value was found through the use of experimental data collected, which included sound speed profiles over the sea surface, and transmission losses of pure tones over the sea surface. The solll1d speed profiles were used in a computer model of sound transmission. The predictions of the model did not accurately reproduce the observed transmission losses, at least partly because the sound speed data were not accurate. However, physical information was obtained through the use of the computer model.
dc.description.copyrightNot available for use outside of the University of New Brunswick
dc.description.note3 unnumbered pages before first numbered page. 8 unnumbered pages after last numbered page.
dc.format.extent39 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/36942
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
dc.subject.disciplinePhysics
dc.titleInvestigation of in-air vocal communication between harbour seals (phoca vitulina)
dc.typesenior report
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.fullnameBachelor of Science in Physics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelundergraduate
thesis.degree.nameB.Sc.

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