First description of atlantic humpback dolphin sousa teuszii whistles, recorded off angola

Bioacoustics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-224

  Weir, C R ^a,b  

^a Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angola; Atlantic humpback dolphin; Sousa teuszii; Vocalizations; Whistles

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; VOCALIZATION;

ANGOLA; NAMIBE;

SOUSA CHINENSIS; SOUSA TEUSZII;

EID: 77955387604     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2010.9753625     Document Type: Article

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