Foraging on squid: The sperm whale mid-range sonar

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Andre M ^a   Johansson, T ^a   Delory, E ^a   Van Der Schaar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SONAR; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOUND VELOCITY; STOMACH CONTENT; WHALE;

CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGO VULGARIS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 33847344745     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054847     Document Type: Article

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