title: Calls of Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) recorded in the Gulf of California (L).
abstract: A total of 109 recordings aiming to identify Bryde's whale calls were collected from the Gulf of California, Mexico, during field trips performed from January 2010 to June 2014. Vocalizations were recorded only when no calves were observed. Four types of calls were identified. Calls similar to the Be4 call type previously reported for the Eastern Tropical Pacific region and South of California were recorded. In addition, three calls, not reported in previous studies of the Bryde's whale, have also been identified. The identification of these calls, which were labeled Be10, Be11, and Be12, enables expansion of the known acoustic repertoire of this species, which is currently poorly documented. The identification of three previously unreported calls and the confidence given by careful visual confirmation of the whale species and number of individuals contribute to make this study a significant contribution toward the acoustic monitoring of Bryde's whale.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Investigación de Mamíferos Marinos, Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Mexico.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viloria-Gómora
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romero-Vivas
authors.affiliation: Programa de Investigación de Mamíferos Marinos, Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Mexico.
authors.forename: Jorge R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Urbán
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050616:Balaenoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013045:Species Specificity; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*