Patterns of sound production in diving sperm whales in the Northwestern Mediterranean

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 446-457

  Teloni, Valeria ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic repertoire; Beamforming; Click production; Mediterranean Sea; Physeter macrocephalus

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACLEISANTHES; ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 20744447932     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01243.x     Document Type: Article

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