Delphinid whistle production and call matching during playback of simulated military sonar

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Deruiter, Stacy L ^a,b   Boyd, Ian L ^b   Claridge, Diane E ^c   Clark, Christopher W ^d   Gagnon, Chuck ^d   Southall, Brandon L ^e   Tyack, Peter L ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c BAHAMAS MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (Bahamas)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^e SEA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral effects; False killer whale; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Melon headed whale; Mid frequency sonar; Noise; Peponocephala electra; Pilot whale; Pseudorca crassidens; Sonar; Sound production; Whistle

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NOISE; SIGNAL; SONAR;

BAHAMAS;

CETACEA; CUCUMIS; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PEPONOCEPHALA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; PSEUDORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS;

EID: 84875875738     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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