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Passive acoustic methods for tracking the 3D movements of small cetaceans around marine structures

2020
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Plos ONE

Gillespie, D., Palmer, L., Macaulay, J., Sparling, C. abd Hastie, G.

Description of the development and application of a system for monitoring the three-dimensional movements of cetaceans in the immediate vicinity of a subsea structure. The system...
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Keywords: Background signal noise, Computer software, Dolphins, Echolocation, Marine environments, Porpoises, Time measurement, Toads

Functional Analyses of Peripheral Auditory System Adaptations for Echolocation in Air vs. Water

2021
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Frontier in Ecology and Evolution

Ketten, D.R., Simmons, J.A., Riquimaroux, H., Simmons, A.M.

Analysis of structural adaptations to aid in echolocation in air vs in water. Analysis compares two species of FM bat and two toothed whales. Significant differences...
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Keywords: Basilar membrane, Bat, Biosonar, Cochlea, Dolphin, Echolocation, Inner ear, Stapes

Echolocation signals of wild harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena

2007
Open Access Journal Article

Journal of Experimental Biology

Villadsgaard A., Wahlberg M., Tougaard J.

Field recordings of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were made in the inner Danish waters with a vertical array of three or four hydrophones. The back-calculated source...
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Keywords: Echolocation, Harbour porpoise, Signals

Beaked whales respond to simulated and actual navy sonar

2011
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Tyack, P., Zimmer, W., Moretti, D., Southall, B. et al.

Beaked whales have mass stranded during some naval sonar exercises, but the cause is unknown. They are difficult to sight but can reliably be detected by...
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Keywords: Beaked whales, Echolocation, Sonar

Effects of vibratory pile driver noise on echolocation and vigilance in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

2018
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Branstetter, B. K., Bowman, V. F., Hose, D. S., Tormey, M., Banks, P., Finneran, J. J. and Jenkins, K.

Vibratory pile drivers, used for marine construction, can produce sustained, high sound pressure levels (SPLs) in areas that overlap with dolphin habitats. Dolphins rely on echolocation...
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Keywords: Dolphin, Echolocation, Pile driver

Echolocation by the harbour porpoise: life in coastal waters.

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Physiology

Miller, L. A., and Wahlberg, M.

The harbor porpoise is one of the smallest and most widely spread of all toothed whales. They are found abundantly in coastal waters all around the...
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Keywords: Coastal water, Echolocation, Harbour porpoise