Task 4
Explore the factors that determine cue rate variability over time and space
This task has been divided into 5 sub-tasks. For each of these we considered a set of case studies to look at different aspects related with cue rates, including caller ID identification on baleen whales, estimating cue rates from tags without acoustics, investigating the use of towed arrays to inform cue rates, looking at the variability in click rates across wide geographical ranges and evaluating how detectors might impact what we actually define what a cue might be. Below you can find links for additional details regarding each one of these topics.
Methods for cue rate estimation in baleen whales.
Estimating cue rate from proxy data.
Investigating cue-rate variability of deep-divers due to geographic region, behavioral state and group size and composition.
Investigating inter-click interval patterns for deep divers.
Estimating cue rates when the detector/classifier influences the cue definition and sensitivity of density estimates on off-axis beam pattern assumptions in odontocetes.