The effect of signal duration on the underwater detection thresholds of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) for single frequency-modulated tonal signals between 0.25 and 160 kHz

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3211-3222

  Kastelein, Ronald A ^a   Hoek, Lean ^a   De Jong, Christ A F ^b   Wensveen, Paul J ^c  

^a Sea Mammal Research Company SEAMARCO   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FM SIGNALS; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; HARBOR PORPOISE; HEARING SENSITIVITY; HEARING THRESHOLD; MARINE MAMMALS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SIGNAL DURATION; SINGLE FREQUENCY; STAIRCASE METHOD; TIME CONSTANTS; TONAL SIGNAL; UNDERWATER DETECTION;

AUDITION; MAMMALS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONDITIONING; HEARING; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PHOCOENA; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649567744     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3493435     Document Type: Article

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