Results of low-frequency playback of M-sequence noise to humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hawai'i

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 521-535

  Frankel, A S ^a   Clark, C W ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; NOISE; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0031826394     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-3-521     Document Type: Article

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