Equal latency contours and auditory weighting functions for the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-369

  Wensveen, Paul J ^a   Huijser, Léonie A E ^b   Hoek, Lean ^b   Kastelein, Ronald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Sea Mammal Research Company SEAMARCO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audiogram; Effects of noise; Frequency weighting; Odontocete; Response latency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EFFECTS OF NOISE; FREQUENCY WEIGHTING; HEARING; HUMAN; NOISE; ODONTOCETE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE LATENCY; SOUND;

AUDIOGRAM; EFFECTS OF NOISE; FREQUENCY WEIGHTING; ODONTOCETE; RESPONSE LATENCY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; HUMANS; NOISE; PHOCOENA; REACTION TIME; SOUND;

EID: 84893350289     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.091983     Document Type: Article

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