Clicking for calamari: Toothed whales can echolocate squid Loligo pealeii

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Madsen, P T ^a,b   Wilson, M ^a   Johnson, M ^b   Hanlon, R T ^c   Bocconcelli, A ^b   Aguilar de Soto, N ^d   Tyack, P L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Predator; Prey; Squid; Target strength; Toothed whale

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; LOLIGO PEALEI; MAMMALIA; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 84863393068     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00014     Document Type: Article

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