Two hypotheses about cetacean acoustics in bubbly water

5th International Conference on Bioacoustics 2009, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics

Volumn 31, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 122-131

  Leighton, T G ^a   Finfer, D C ^a   White, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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