Bubblestream whistles are not representative of a bottlenose dolphin's vocal repertoire

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-44

  Fripp, Deborah ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Bubblestream; Calf behavior; Cetacean; Maternal behavior; Tursiops truncatus; Vocal behavior; Whistle collection; Whistle samples

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; DOLPHIN; VOCALIZATION;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 12244251483     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01206.x     Document Type: Article

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