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Call type repertoire of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Iceland and its variation across regions
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8687-7265
Institute of Science and Environment, University of Cumbria Ambleside UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2781-5915
Department of Biology University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1533-4807
Department of Biology University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9558-0922
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2023 (English)In: Marine mammal science, ISSN 0824-0469, E-ISSN 1748-7692, Vol. 39, no 4, p. 1136-1160Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) have group-specific call repertoires that can be used to track groups and populations using passive acoustic monitoring. To provide a detailed description of the Icelandic killer whale repertoire and its variation, we analyzed acoustic data collected in five locations between 1985 and 2016. Calls were classified manually, and CART and random forest analyses were employed to validate the manual classification. A total of 91 call categories (including call types and subtypes) were defined. Most call categories were recorded in more than one location, with the highest proportion shared between herring grounds in Vestmannaeyjar (South) and Breiðafjörður (West). However, both locations included call categories that were not recorded elsewhere in Iceland. Recordings from past herring wintering grounds in eastern Iceland included few call categories that matched other locations. Sample sizes from Reykjanes (Southwest) and Skjálfandi (North) were small and did not include unique call categories. The relative occurrence of call categories in Vestmannaeyjar changed little over a 14-year period (2002–2016), although shorter-term changes between years were observed that appeared to correlate to changes in individuals identified. This comparison of acoustic repertoires provides valuable information on the social structure and movement patterns of herring-eating killer whales around Iceland.

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2023. Vol. 39, no 4, p. 1136-1160
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killer whale, vocalizations, call repertoire, geographic variation, social organization, temporal patterns, movement patterns
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Ecosystems and species history
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-5535DOI: 10.1111/mms.13039OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-5535DiVA, id: diva2:1825982
Available from: 2024-01-10 Created: 2024-01-10 Last updated: 2024-08-06Bibliographically approved

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