Underwater detection of tonal signals between 0.125 and 100 kHz by harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1222-1229

  Kastelein, Ronald A ^a   Wensveen, Paul J ^a   Hoek, Lean ^a   Verboom, Willem C ^b   Terhune, John M ^c  

^a Sea Mammal Research Company SEAMARCO   (Netherlands)

^b Acoustic Consultancy ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE; CENTER FREQUENCIES; CONSPECIFICS; DETECTION RATES; FREQUENCY MODULATED; FREQUENCY RANGES; GO/NO-GO; HARBOR SEALS; HEARING SENSITIVITIES; HEARING THRESHOLDS; MARINE MAMMALS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITIES; NARROW BANDS; PHOCA VITULINA; PURE TONES; STAIRCASE METHODS; STIMULUS LEVELS; TONAL SIGNALS; UNDERWATER DETECTIONS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MAMMALS; PORTS AND HARBORS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; ECHOLOCATION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; PHOCA; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 59849104561     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3050283     Document Type: Article

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