Anatomic geometry of sound transmission and reception in Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-378

  Cranford, Ted W ^a   McKenna, Megan F ^b   Soldevilla, Melissa S ^b   Wiggins, Sean M ^b   Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^b   Shadwick, Robert E ^b   Krysl, Petr ^c   St Leger, Judy A ^d   Hildebrand, John A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SeaWorld San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic geometry; Beaked whale; Biosonar; Cephalic; Cuvier; Quantitative morphology; X ray CT; Ziphius

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SOUND DETECTION; SPHENOID; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PARANASAL SINUSES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPHENOID BONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

EID: 41149102188     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20652     Document Type: Article

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