The Auditory Anatomy of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): A Potential Fatty Sound Reception Pathway in a Baleen Whale

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 991-998

  Yamato, Maya ^a   Ketten, Darlene R ^a,b   Arruda, Julie ^a,c   Cramer, Scott ^a   Moore, Kathleen ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic fat; Cetacea; Ear; Hearing; Imaging; Mysticete

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BALEEN WHALE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MINKE WHALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EAR; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; WHALES;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 84860916075     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22459     Document Type: Article

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