Sperm whale sound production studied with ultrasound time/depth-recording tags

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1899-1906

  Madsen, P T ^a   Payne, R ^a   Kristiansen, N U ^a   Wahlberg, M ^a   Kerr, I ^a   Mohl B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biosonar; Click; Communication; Diving; Monkey lips; Nasal complex; Physeter macrocephalus; Pneumatic; Sound production; Sperm whale; Spermaceti organ; Tag

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIVING; SOUND; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES; ANIMALS;

PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIVING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; TIME; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

EID: 0036022031     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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