Masking in three pinnipeds: Underwater, low-frequency critical ratios

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 1322-1326

  Southall, Brandon L ^a   Schusterman, Ronald J ^a   Kastak, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEALS, EARLESS; WATER;

EID: 0033818490     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1288409     Document Type: Article

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