Use the following species abbreviations and call type codes for all data analysis and data archive. Full species abbreviation table available here.
Species
| Baird’s Beaked Whale |
Berardius bairdii |
BB (or Bb1) |
BWBB |
| Blue whale |
Balaenoptera musculus |
Bm |
BLWH |
| Bryde’s Whale |
Balaenoptera brydei |
Be |
BBWH |
| Cross Seamount beaked whales |
NA |
BWC |
BWC |
| Cuvier’s beaked whale |
Ziphius cavirostris |
Zc |
GOBW |
| Dall’s porpoise |
Phocoenoides dalli |
Pd |
DAPO |
| Dolphins |
Delphinidae sp. |
Includes Gg, Lo, and UO |
UNDO |
| Fin whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
Bp |
FIWH |
| Gray whale |
Eschrichtius robustus |
Er |
GRWH |
| Harbor porpoise |
Phocoena phocoena |
|
HAPO |
| Hubb’s beaked whale |
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |
Mc |
BWMC |
| Humpback whale |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Mn |
HUWH |
| Kogia |
Kogia sp. |
Ks |
UNKO |
| Minke whale |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
Ba |
MIWH |
| NBHF - Kogia, Dall’s Porpoise, Harbor Porpoise |
NA |
NBHF |
NBHF |
| Orca |
Orcinus orca |
Oo |
OOWH |
| Pacific white-sided dolphin |
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
Lo |
PWDO |
| Risso’s dolphin |
Grampus griseus |
Gg |
GRAM |
| Sei whale |
Balaenoptera borealis |
Bb (or B. Borealis) |
SEWH |
| Sperm Whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
Pm |
SPWH |
| Stejneger’s beaked whale |
Mesoplodon stejnegeri |
Ms |
BWMS |
| Unidentified beaked whale 43 kHz |
NA |
BW43 |
BW43 |
| Unidentified dolphin |
NA |
UO |
UNDO |
| Unidentified mesoplodon (beaked whale) |
Mesoplodon sp. |
BW |
UNME |
Call Types
| Beaked whale |
Beaked whale frequency modulated upsweep |
|
FMUS |
Beaked whale foraging clicks |
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| Blue whale |
Blue whale A call |
A |
BLANEP |
NE Pacific blue whale A call |
|
| Blue whale |
Blue whale B call |
B |
BLBNEP |
NE Pacific blue whale B call |
|
| Blue whale |
Blue whale D call |
D |
BLDNEP |
NE Pacific blue whale D call |
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| Blue whale |
Blue whale tonal call |
BLTonal |
BLTONNEP |
NE Pacific blue whale tonal call |
|
| Blue whale |
Blue whale downsweep call |
BLDS |
BLDSNEP |
NE Pacific blue whale downsweep call |
|
| Blue whale |
Blue whale mixed call |
BLMixed |
BLMIXNEP |
NE Pacific blue whale mixed calls (A, B, D, tonal, downsweep) |
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| Fin whale |
Fin whale 20 Hz pulse |
20Hz |
FW20HZ |
NE Pacific fin whale 20 Hz pulses |
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| Fin whale |
Fin whale 40 Hz downsweep |
40Hz |
FW40HZ |
NE Pacfic fin whale 40 Hz downsweeps |
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| Gray whale |
Gray whale unidentified |
Unidentified |
GWUND |
Unidentified NE Pacific gray whale calls |
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| Humpback whale |
Humpback whale unidentified |
Unidentified |
HWUND |
Unidentified NE Pacific humpback whale calls (cannot distinguish social vs song) |
|
| Humpback whale |
Humpback whale social |
Social |
HWSOC |
Humpback whale social calls only |
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| Humpback whale |
Humpback whale song |
Song |
HWSONG |
Humpback whale song only |
|
| Minke whale |
Minke whale boing |
Boing |
MWNEPBOING |
NE Pacific minke whale boing |
|
| NBHF |
NBHF |
NA |
NBHF |
All NBHF calls for kogia sp., dall’s porpoise, and harbor porpoise |
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| Odontocete |
Odontocete impulsive click |
Clicks |
ODCLICK |
Dolphin clicks (either delphinid or blackfish) |
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| Odontocete |
Odontocete whistle |
Whistles |
ODWHIS |
Dolphin whistles (either delphinid or blackfish) |
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| Sei whale |
Sei whale 30-80Hz downsweep |
SWDS |
SWDS |
Sei whale downsweep spanning 80-30Hz, occurs as single downsweeps or repeated 3-5 seconds apart as doublets, triplets, or more. |
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| Sperm whale |
Sperm whale usual click |
Clicks |
SPUSC |
Sperm whale foraging click |
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| Sperm whale |
Sperm whale slow click |
Slow Clicks |
SPSLC |
Sperm whale social: slow clicks |
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