Sound production in neonate sperm whales (L)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2988-2991

  Madsen, P T ^a,b   Carder, D A ^c   Au, W W L ^d   Nachtigall, P E ^d   Mohl B ^b   Ridgway, S H ^c  

^a Whale Conservation Institute   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; SONAR; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

SOUND PRODUCTION;

NEONATAL MONITORING;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; THEORY; WHALE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; LARYNX; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

EID: 0038282864     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1572137     Document Type: Article

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