Sperm whale (Physeter catodon)

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  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 93570008
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1993-11-10) Tyack, Peter L.
    Recording of 3-4 sperm whales made by AG-6400, Benthos towed array. Tagged whale. This is the complete coda exchange.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 91003005
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1994-04-24) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 3 sperm whales made by Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones, Ithaco 451 amplifiers, WHOI/Pemtek tape recorder. Lone clicker - Tagged whale. Tag #7 seen on side of this whale; also two other whales heard. Ship noise in background.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 91003003
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1994-04-24) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 3 sperm whales made by Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones, Ithaco 451 amplifiers, WHOI/Pemtek tape recorder. Lone clicker - Tagged whale. Tag #7 seen on side of this whale; also two other whales heard. Ship noise in background.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 91003002
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1994-04-24) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 3 sperm whales made by Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones, Ithaco 451 amplifiers, WHOI/Pemtek tape recorder. Lone clicker - Tagged whale. Tag #7 seen on side of this whale; also two other whales heard. Ship noise in background.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 91003001
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1991-10-21) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 3 sperm whales made by Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones, Ithaco 451 amplifiers, WHOI/Pemtek tape recorder. Lone clicker - Tagged whale. Tag #7 seen on side of this whale; also two other whales heard.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 84020001
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1994-07-12) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 5 sperm whales made by Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones, Ithaco 450 amplifiers, WHOI/PEMTEK tape recorders. E Array recording, cow and small calf in the area.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 8301900C
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1992-04-21) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 6 sperm whales made by RG Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones; Ithaco 450 amplifiers; WHOI/PEMTEK tape recorders. Sperm whale surfaced 30m off stern, swam near stern phone, followed alongside of boat and up to the side hydrophone "C". “Snoopy” in foreground; "contact" clicks made by background animals. Side hydrophone was used for this cut.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 7200900e
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003-07-03) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 3 sperm whales made by Ithaco 602M108 hydrophones; Ithaco 450 amplifiers; WHOI/PEMTEK tape recorders. 1 animal in background making "contact clicks"; and 2 animals in the foreground exchanging "identity codas" (9 clicks, and 7 clicks, respectively).
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 62031003
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003-07-03) Schevill, William E.
    Recording of 2 sperm whales made by Suitcase Mod 3 #3 amplifier; AX-58 hydrophone; Crown #8 "F" equalization; Scotch III-A tape. E coda by 1 animal; 2nd animal making contact clicks in background.
  • Recording, acoustical
    Sound Cut, Record Number 61027hi1
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2007-02-05) Watkins, William A.
    Recording of 12-15 sperm whales (one baby, one white spotted) made by Crown tape recorder, AX-58 hydrophones, WHOI transistor amplifier. Tape digitized at high sample rate of 192 kHz/ 16 bit with a 93 kHz low-pass filter. Fast clicks and long series of fast clicks; codas; bit of voice and noise towards latter half. Entire recording of 61027.