Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) moan as low in frequency as baleen whales

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1552-1562

  Van Der Woude, Sylvia E ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Dolphin Reef   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALEEN WHALES; BLACK SEA; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; LOW FREQUENCY; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VOCAL REPERTOIRE;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; RESPIRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

EID: 70349083790     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3177272     Document Type: Article

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