Echolocation clicks of two free-ranging, oceanic delphinids with different food preferences: False killer whales Pseudorca crassidens and Risso's dolphins Grampus griseus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1811-1823

  Madsen, P T ^a,b,c   Kerr, I ^a   Payne, R ^a  

^a Ocean Alliance   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosonar; Click; Echolocation; False killer whale; Grampus griseus; Pseudorca crassidens; Risso's dolphin; Sound production; Source level; Target detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIAN OCEAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; GRAMPUS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MUS; ODONTOCETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS;

EID: 3042551395     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00966     Document Type: Article

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