Off-axis effects on the multi-pulse structure of sperm whale coda clicks

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1768-1773

  Schulz, Tyler M ^a,c   Whitehead, Hal ^a   Rendell, Luke ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC AXIS; HYDROPHONE ARRAYS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; MULTI-PULSE STRUCTURES; OFF-AXIS; PULSE STRUCTURES; SOUND ENERGIES; SPERM WHALES; WAVE FORMS;

HYDROPHONES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ECHOLOCATION; SPERM WHALE;

EID: 62249163651     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3075598     Document Type: Article

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