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Marine Mammals

 
   

Note time and frequency scales are not identical. Spectrograms displayed together for a general comparison of images.

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    NE Pacific  blue  whale spectrogram Western Pacific blue whale spectrogram S Pacific blue whale spectrogram  
   
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Fin Whale
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    Atlantic blue whale spectrogram Atlantic fin whale spectrogram fin whale spectrogram  
     
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      Alaska humpback whale spectrogram 52 Hz spectrogram Atlantic minke spectrogram  
     
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