Accession Number:
ADA224154
Title:
Differences in Echolocation Click Patterns of the Beluga (Dolphinopterus leucas) and the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
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Corporate Author:
NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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Report Date:
1990-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
8.0
Abstract:
In an echolocation experiment, the target detection performance of a beluga and a bottlenose dolphin were similar, but each produced different patterns of echolocation click trains. The beluga emitted three different patterns of echolocation clicks. A pattern I click train started with low- amplitude clicks, followed by packets of clicks. A packet contained several clicks with interclick intervals less than the two-way travel time to the target the interpacket intervals were greater than the two-way travel time. A pattern II click train consisted of individual clicks, some with intervals less than and some greater than the two-way travel time. This pattern did not contain packets. The third pattern of click trains consisted of individual clicks with interclick intervals less than the two-way travel time. However, the bottlenose dolphin always emitted clicks with interclick intervals greater than the two-way travel time. These differences in click patterns suggest that the beluga has a different echolocation strategy than the bottlenose dolphin. Keywords Dolphins mammals Cetacea Marine biological noise Echo ranging Ambient noise reverberation Marine biosystems Reprints.
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Subject Categories:
- Biological Oceanography
- Acoustics