Time patterns of sperm whale codas recorded in the Mediterranean Sea 1985-1996

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3487-3495

  Pavan, G ^a,b   Hayward, T J ^c   Borsani, J F ^a,e   Priano, M ^a   Manghi, M ^a   Fossati, C ^a   Gordon, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

EID: 0034084672     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429419     Document Type: Article

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