Table 1 Set median theme sequences recorded at different locations and years in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean.

From: Humpback whale song recordings suggest common feeding ground occupation by multiple populations

Singer ID

Theme sequence

Singer ID

Theme sequence

G3 13/04/11

Cb Cc (17)

G3 13/04/13

Aa Ai (12)

G3 17/04/11

Ea Cb Ba Aa (5)

G3 16/04/13

Aa Ai An Ak Ac Ad (7)

G2 19/04/11

Ba Aa (4)

G2 20/04/13

Aa Ai Ac (7)

G3 25/04/11

Ea Cb Ca Cc Ba (3)

G2 27/04/13

Aa Ap Ai Aq Ac (3)

G4 27/04/11

Cb Cc (4)

G2 29/04/13

Aa Ac Ai Ak Ap (2)

G3 28/04/11

Cb Cc Ca Ba Ea (2)

G2 08/05/13

Ap Aa (10)

G4 06/05/11

Ea Cb Cc Ca (8)

G1 21/05/13

Aa Ai Ac (12)

G2 09/05/11

Cb Cc (3)

G1 29/05/13

Aa Ai Ac (10)

G1 09/05/11

Ba Ac Aa (4)

G1 30/05/13

Aa Ai Ac (2)

G2 12/05/11

Cb Cc (9)

W1305/06/13

Ga Ha Ec Ed Gb (7)

G4 13/05/11

Ba Ac (13)

G1 08/06/13

Cb Fa Ba Ca Aj Ak (2)

G4 15/05/11

Ea Cb Cc Aa (3)

G1 13/06/13

Aa Ac (16)

G2 16/05/11

Cb Cc Ba Aa (4)

G1 16/06/13

Aa Ai Ac Aq (22)

G3 17/05/11

Aa Ea Cb Cc Ca Ba (5)

W1316/06/13

Ai Ap (4)

G1 18/05/11

Ba Aa Ac Bb Ab (3)

G1 17/06/13

Ap Aa Ai (1)

G1 21/05/11

Ba Aa Ac (21)

W1305/10/13

Ed Gb Ga (4)

G2 29/05/11

Cb Cc (7)

G4 09/03/17

Df Ee (2)

G1 15/06/11

Cc Cb Ba Aa Ea (15)

G1 23/03/17

Bf Bd Bg Ee (1)

G3 12/03/12

Aa Ba (8)

G1 01/05/17

Bd Be Df Ee (21)

G3 14/03/12

Ac Aa Af Da De Ba (1)

G1 02/05/17

Bd Df Ee (5)

G3 15/03/12

Ac Aa Ba (2)

G1 04/05/17

Be Df Ee Bf (8)

G4 17/03/12

Aa Ai Ba (1)

G1 05/05/17

Bd Bg Df Ef Ee (1)

G4 24/03/12

Aa Ac Ba (4)

G1 07/05/17

Df Ee (10)

G3 04/04/12

Aa Ac Ba (8)

G1 08/05/17

Bg Df Ee (10)

G4 07/04/12

Aa Ac Ba (2)

G4 18/05/17

Df Bd Be Ee (11)

G3 08/04/12

Ba Aa (17)

G1 21/06/17

Bf Be Df (4)

G4 10/04/12

Aa Ai Aj Ba (3)

G1 23/06/17

Bd Be Df Ef (3)

G3 12/04/12

Ba Aa Af Da (7)

G1 24/06/17

Df Dg Bg (11)

W6 05/03/13

Aa Ai Ac (4)

G4 28/04/18

Bg Bd Be Df Ef Gd (4)

W6 06/03/13

Ad Aa Ac (3)

G4 03/05/18

Bd Df (12)

W6 10/03/13

Aa Ai Ak Ac (6)

G1 12/05/18

Gd Ge Gg Gh Ib (11)

G3 11/03/13

Ai Ac (4)

G4 17/05/18

Bh Bi (3)

G3 15/03/13

Ac An Ak (5)

G1 19/05/18

Gd Gf Gg Ge Bi Bb Bj (8)

W9 29/03/13

Ap Aa (12)

G1 23/05/18

Bi Bb Ib Bh Bc Gd Gh (2)

G3 31/03/13

Aa Ai Ak Ac (13)

G4 25/05/18

Gd Gf Gg Bh Bb Ba (2)

G3 01/04/13

Ac Aa Ai (10)

G1 31/05/18

Gd Ge (3)

G3 03/04/13

Aa Ai Aj Ac Ad (4)

G1 22/06/18

Gd Gg Bh Bi Bb (20)

G1 05/04/13

Ac Aq Aa Am Ai An Ak (24)

G1 01/07/18

Gd Gg Bh Bi Gh Bb Ge Gf Bc Bj Ib (4)

G3 08/04/13

Aq Aa Am Ai Ac (1)

  
  1. ‘Singer IDs’ correspond to individual singers encoded with the name of the recording position (first 2–3 symbols, i.e., ‘W13’, ‘G4’,…) and the date of the recording (last 8 symbols, i.e., ‘05/06/13’, ‘05/10/13’,… representing dd/MM/YY). Theme sequence is encoded with phrase type names each composed of a uppercase and a lowercase letter (see Supplementary Material 2 for phrase type catalogue). Number in brackets is the number of theme sequences that was analyzed for each individual singer.