Dolphin. Provided by Kaitlin Frasier.

Study Uses Big-Data Approach to Identify Distinct Dolphin “Clicks” in Acoustic Recordings

Researchers designed an automated network-based classification method to process large acoustic datasets and identify distinct dolphin click types without requiring prior knowledge of their distinguishing features. The method identified seven click types from over 50 million echolocation clicks recorded in the Gulf of Mexico – six clicks of unknown origin and one click belonging to the Risso’s dolphin species.

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