Blue Whale Song Localizations and Tracks from Ocean Bottom Seismometers, 2013-2014

2013-2014 recordings of Northeast Pacific blue whale B-calls from ocean bottom seismometers offshore from Northern California through British Columbia. The dataset contains acoustic localizations and derived tracks describing individual whale movement, song metrics, and habitat use. It was created by Rose Hilmo and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Analyzing whale distribution and habitat use based on acoustic localizations.
• Studying migration strategies and movement patterns based on derived whale tracks.
• Investigating links between song production and behavior based on call and phrase metrics.
• Comparing habitat use between migration corridors and foraging grounds based on identified regions.

Strengths

• Contains acoustic localizations and derived movement tracks for individual whales.
• Focuses on a specific time period (2013-2014) and geographic region (Northeast Pacific).
• Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data file is a DOCX document (7.8 MB), which may not be a standard data format.

Provenance

Source

Rose Hilmo via figshare.

Collection Method

Acoustic localization of B-calls recorded by ocean bottom seismometers.

Time Range

2013-2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 04:44:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northeast Pacific, offshore from Northern California through British Columbia.