Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4495-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4495-2025
Data description paper
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10 Sep 2025
Data description paper |  | 10 Sep 2025

High-resolution acoustic recordings of wild free-ranging short-beaked common dolphins for etho-acoustical and repertoire studies

Loïc Lehnhoff, Hervé Glotin, Yves Le Gall, Eric Menut, Hélène Peltier, Jérôme Spitz, Olivier Van Canneyt, and Bastien Mérigot

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This article presents the first open-access dataset of wild short-beaked common dolphin recordings. It was collected at sea in the Bay of Biscay (France) and comprises audio recordings of echolocation clicks, whistles, and other social sounds as well as visual observations of dolphin behaviour. This dataset could be used to improve the comprehension of dolphin communication by scientists, which could assist in the development of conservation strategies, particularly with regard to by-catches.
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