Echolocation signals of wild harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-64

  Villadsgaard, Anne ^a   Wahlberg, Magnus ^a,b   Tougaard, Jakob ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Fjord and Bœlt ^*  (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Biosonar; Bycatch; Click; Inter click interval; Odontoceti; Phocoena phocoena; Source level; Target detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ECHOLOCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; SHIP; SOUND; VOCALIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DENMARK; ECHOLOCATION; PHOCOENA; SHIPS; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ODONTOCETI; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33846532354     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02618     Document Type: Article

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