Marine mammal auditory research: Mischaracterization of published results

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-313

  Ridgway, Sam H ^a   Houser, Dorian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Biomimetica   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING LOSS; LETTER; MARINE MAMMAL; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; ECHOLOCATION; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NOISE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 59849118183     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.09.011     Document Type: Letter

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