Echolocation behavior of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in the wild

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Melcón, Mariana L ^a   Failla, Mauricio ^a   Iñíguez, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a Gdor Luis Monteverde 3695 B1636AEM   (Argentina)

^b WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS; NARROW BANDS; ODONTOCETES; PEAK FREQUENCIES; RIO NEGRO;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

UNDERWATER AUDITION; SONAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 84866452783     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4710837     Document Type: Article

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