Echolocation in Whales and Dolphins |
Contents
Transmission of Sound in Air and Water | 1 |
Velocity in AirWater Mixtures | 8 |
The Anatomy of Phonation in Cetaceans | 16 |
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acoustic amplitude angle animal aryepiglottic folds arytenoid auricular muscles basilar membrane behaviour blowhole bones cetaceans cochlea cuneiform cartilages Delphinapterus diameter direction dissection dolphin dominant frequency dorsal echolocation emission field emitted epiglottic epiglottic spout external auditory meatus folds frequency range frontal function glottis head HF click HF component horizontal hydrophone intensity laryngeal air-sacs larynx lateral lower jaw malleus maxillary melon mesial middle ear mucous Mysticeti nares nasal plugs Neophocaena phocaenoides nostrils odontocetes Oscillogram palatopharyngeal sphincter periotic Phocoena Phocoena phocoena phonation Pilleri plane Platanista indi porpoise position posterior premaxillary sacs pterygoid sinus pterygoschisis pulses Purves recorded repetition rate rostrum rostrum axis Schevill screams shows skull sonar field sonar signals sound level sound source sound waves structure surface swimming terrestrial mammals thyroarytenoid muscles tissue transducer tubular sacs Tursiops truncatus tympanic bulla tympanic cavity tympanic ligament velocity vestibular sacs vibrations vomer whales whistles width