Interaction of emitted sonar pulses and simulated echoes in a false killer whale: An evoked-potential study

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1711-1720

  Supin, Alexander Ya ^a   Nachtigall, Paul E ^b   Breese, Marlee ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DEPENDENCE; AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; AUDITORY SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; BIOSONAR; CONSTANT DELAYS; FALSE KILLER WHALES; FORWARD-MASKING; ODONTOCETES; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; TIME VARYING; TRANSFER FACTOR;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAIN CONTROL; SOUND RECORDING; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SONAR;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 80052544151     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3613702     Document Type: Article

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