Propagation Study of Tagged Whales During Periods of Seismic Surveying and other Whale Sounds

Samples of tagged whale sounds from the Gulf of Mexico

Clicks from a humpback whale using acoustics to locate prey in the Gulf of Mexico.
     This is performed while foraging and only heard at depths greater than 300M.

Recording from a dtag on a whale at the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
     You will also notice high-frequency dolphin whistles.

Sounds of the many whale species in Cape Cod Bay in the Spring

Recording from a sub-surface mooring of sei whales (low frequency grown), right whales (mid frequencies, upslope), and humpback whales (higher freqs). Fin whales are too low in frequency (~25Hz) to hear. (1 min 10 secs)

Sounds from Mark Johnson's tagged whales

Humpback whale giving chase to a prey. (40 secs)
Sound of humpback whale breathing. (20 secs)
Sound of a humpback catching prey . The closer they are, the faster the clicking. (11 secs)
Humpback foraging buzz.(20 secs)
Sound of a humpback surfacing and breaching. (35 secs)
Sound of a surface ship's depth sounder from a whale's perspective. (18 secs)
Long (20mins) recording of many different humpback sounds. (20 mins 10 secs)