Foraging Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) produce distinct click types matched to different phases of echolocation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5038-5050

  Johnson, M ^a   Madsen, P T ^a,b   Zimmer, W M X ^c   Aguilar De Soto, N ^d   Tyack, P L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beaked whale; Biosonar; Echolocation; FM; Mesoplodon densirostris; Sound production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WHALES;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ODONTOCETI; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 33846516819     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02596     Document Type: Article

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