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A model and experimental approach to the middle ear transfer function related to hearing in the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Tubelli, A., Zosuls, A., Ketten, D.R. & Mountain, D.C

At present, there are no direct measures of hearing for any baleen whale (Mysticeti). The most viable alternative to in vivo approaches to simulate the audiogram...
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Keywords: Megaptera novaeangliae, Middle-ear, Transfer function

Naval sonar disrupts foraging in humpback whales

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Sivle, L., Wensveen, P., Kvadsheim, P., Lam, F., Visser, F., Curé, C., Harris, C., Tyack, P. and Miller, P.

Modern long-range naval sonars are a potential disturbance for marine mammals and can cause disruption of feeding in cetaceans. We examined the lunge-feeding behaviour of humpback...
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Keywords: Behavioural response, Humpack whale, Lunge feeding, Megaptera novaeangliae, Naval sonar