Using static acoustic monitoring to describe echolocation behaviour of heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) in Namibia

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-160

  Leeney, Ruth H ^a,b   Carslake, David ^c   Elwen, Simon H ^b,d  

^a Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies   (United States)

^b Namibian Dolphin Project   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii; Click train; Echolocation behaviour; Habitat use; Heaviside's dolphin; Inter click interval; T POD

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; DIEL VARIATION; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; HABITAT USE; VOCALIZATION;

ERONGO; NAMIBIA; WALVIS BAY;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HEAVISIDII;

EID: 79960785923     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.2.2011.151     Document Type: Article

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