Echolocation in sympatric peale's dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) and commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) producing narrow-band high-frequency clicks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1940-1949

  Kyhn, L A ^a,b   Jensen, F H ^b   Beedholm, K ^b   Tougaard, J ^a   Hansen, M ^b   Madsen, P T ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic species separation; Acoustics; Character displacement; Clutter adaptation; Static acoustic monitoring; Sympatric species

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS COMMERSONII; LAGENORHYNCHUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77952688938     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042440     Document Type: Article

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