Hearing and whistling in the deep sea: Depth influences whistle spectra but does not attenuate hearing by white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) (Odontoceti, Cetacea)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3829-3841

  Ridgway, Sam H ^a   Carder, Donald A ^a   Kamolnick, Tricia ^a   Smith, Robert R ^a   Schlundt, Carolyn E ^a   Elsberry, Wesley R ^a  

^a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory reaction time; Deep sea; Delphinapterus leucas; Eardrum; Eustachian tube; Hearing; Middle ear; Nasal cavity; Phonic lip; Response; Threshold; Time; Whistling; White whale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIVING; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMERSION; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; DIVING; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMERSION; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; MONODONTIDAE; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 0035746193     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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