An acoustical hypothesis for the spiral bubble nets of humpback whales, and the implications for whale feeding

Acoustics Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Leighton, Tim ^a   Finfer, Dan ^b   Grover, Ed ^a   White, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Rayleigh Scholarship Scheme

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDES; SONIC TRAP; SPIRAL BUBBLE NETS; WHALE FEEDING;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 33846946135     PISSN: 0308437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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