Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) hearing threshold for brief broadband signals

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-157

  Au, Whitlow W L ^c   Lemonds, David W ^a   Vlachos, Stephanie ^b   Nachtigall, Paul E ^d   Roitblat, Herbert L ^d  

^a ORINCON Corp   (United States)

^b Sea Life Park   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 85047670591     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.116.2.151     Document Type: Article

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