Manatee (Trichechus manatus) vocalization usage in relation to environmental noise levels

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1806-1815

  Miksis Olds, Jennifer L ^a   Tyack, Peter L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; AMBIENT NOISE; CALL TYPES; COMMUNICATION THEORIES; COMPENSATION MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE LEVELS; MARINE MAMMALS; MASKING SIGNALS; NOISE BANDS; NOISE LEVELS; RISK OF FAILURES; SIGNAL EMISSIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIORS; SOURCE LEVELS;

ACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION THEORY; MAMMALS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; NOISE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 62249106695     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3068455     Document Type: Article

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