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Echolocation click parameters and biosonar behaviour of the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)
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dc.contributor.author | Malinka, Chloe E | |
dc.contributor.author | Tønnesen, Pernille | |
dc.contributor.author | Dunn, Charlotte A | |
dc.contributor.author | Claridge, Diane E | |
dc.contributor.author | Gridley, Tess | |
dc.contributor.author | Elwen, Simon H | |
dc.contributor.author | Teglberg Madsen, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-26T00:41:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-26T00:41:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03-26 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Malinka , C E , Tønnesen , P , Dunn , C A , Claridge , D E , Gridley , T , Elwen , S H & Teglberg Madsen , P 2021 , ' Echolocation click parameters and biosonar behaviour of the dwarf sperm whale ( Kogia sima ) ' , Journal of Experimental Biology , vol. 224 , no. 6 , jeb240689 . https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.240689 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0949 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 274691053 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 638f32b0-7260-4fe3-89dc-9cb4680c6ef6 | |
dc.identifier.other | PubMed: 33771935 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-4274-7239/work/95772489 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85103608262 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000636462900018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25110 | |
dc.description | PhD and fieldwork funding were provided by the Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (27125 to P.T.M.), the Oticon Fonden (18-0340 to C.E.M.) the Dansk Akustisk Selskab (to C.E.M.), the South Africa National Research Foundation (research career advancement fellowship to S.E.) and the Claude Leon Foundation (postdoctoral fellowship to T.G.). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Dwarf sperm whales (Kogia sima) are small toothed whales that produce narrow-band high-frequency (NBHF) echolocation clicks. Such NBHF clicks, subject to high levels of acoustic absorption, are usually produced by small, shallow-diving odontocetes, such as porpoises, in keeping with their short-range echolocation and fast click rates. Here, we sought to address the problem of how the little-studied and deep-diving Kogia can hunt with NBHF clicks in the deep sea. Specifically, we tested the hypotheses that Kogia produce NBHF clicks with longer inter-click intervals (ICIs), higher directionality and higher source levels (SLs) compared with other NBHF species. We did this by deploying an autonomous deep-water vertical hydrophone array in the Bahamas, where no other NBHF species are present, and by taking opportunistic recordings of a close-range Kogia sima in a South African harbour. Parameters from on-axis clicks (n=46) in the deep revealed very narrow-band clicks (root mean squared bandwidth, BWRMS, of 3±1 kHz), with SLs of up to 197 dB re. 1 µPa peak-to-peak (μPapp) at 1 m, and a half-power beamwidth of 8.8 deg. Their ICIs (mode of 245 ms) were much longer than those of porpoises (<100 ms), suggesting an inspection range that is longer than detection ranges of single prey, perhaps to facilitate auditory streaming of a complex echo scene. On-axis clicks in the shallow harbour (n=870) had ICIs and SLs in keeping with source parameters of other NBHF cetaceans. Thus, in the deep, dwarf sperm whales use a directional, but short-range echolocation system with moderate SLs, suggesting a reliable mesopelagic prey habitat. | |
dc.format.extent | 16 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Experimental Biology | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2021 The author(s). Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.240689 | en |
dc.subject | Beam pattern | en |
dc.subject | Bioacoustics | en |
dc.subject | Hydrophone array | en |
dc.subject | Narrow-band high-frequency | en |
dc.subject | Passive acoustic monitoring | en |
dc.subject | Source parameters | en |
dc.subject | GC Oceanography | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | NIS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GC | en |
dc.title | Echolocation click parameters and biosonar behaviour of the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.240689 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2022-03-26 | |
dc.identifier.url | https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/224/6/jeb240689/237928/Echolocation-click-parameters-and-biosonar#supplementary-data | en |
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