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Clicking in Shallow Rivers : Short-Range Echolocation of Irrawaddy and Ganges River Dolphins in a Shallow, Acoustically Complex Habitat
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dc.contributor.author | Jensen, Frants | |
dc.contributor.author | Rocco, Alice | |
dc.contributor.author | Mansur, Rubaiyat | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Janik, Vincent M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Madsen, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-04T11:01:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-04T11:01:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Jensen , F , Rocco , A , Mansur , R , Smith , B , Janik , V M & Madsen , P 2013 , ' Clicking in Shallow Rivers : Short-Range Echolocation of Irrawaddy and Ganges River Dolphins in a Shallow, Acoustically Complex Habitat ' , PLoS One , vol. 8 , no. 4 , e59284 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059284 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 49660047 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 69d9faec-593c-4907-94c9-f7272ec9d80a | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84875720310 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7894-0121/work/60427863 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/4141 | |
dc.description.abstract | Toothed whales (Cetacea, odontoceti) use biosonar to navigate their environment and to find and catch prey. All studied toothed whale species have evolved highly directional, high-amplitude ultrasonic clicks suited for long-range echolocation of prey in open water. Little is known about the biosonar signals of toothed whale species inhabiting freshwater habitats such as endangered river dolphins. To address the evolutionary pressures shaping the echolocation signal parameters of non-marine toothed whales, we investigated the biosonar source parameters of Ganges river dolphins (Platanista gangetica gangetica) and Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) within the river systems of the Sundarban mangrove forest. Both Ganges and Irrawaddy dolphins produced echolocation clicks with a high repetition rate and low source level compared to marine species. Irrawaddy dolphins, inhabiting coastal and riverine habitats, produced a mean source level of 195 dB (max 203 dB) re 1 µPapp whereas Ganges river dolphins, living exclusively upriver, produced a mean source level of 184 dB (max 191) re 1 µPapp. These source levels are 1–2 orders of magnitude lower than those of similar sized marine delphinids and may reflect an adaptation to a shallow, acoustically complex freshwater habitat with high reverberation and acoustic clutter. The centroid frequency of Ganges river dolphin clicks are an octave lower than predicted from scaling, but with an estimated beamwidth comparable to that of porpoises. The unique bony maxillary crests found in the Platanista forehead may help achieve a higher directionality than expected using clicks nearly an octave lower than similar sized odontocetes. | |
dc.format.extent | 13 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS One | en |
dc.rights | © 2013 Jensen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en |
dc.subject | Ultrasonic clicks | en |
dc.subject | Biosonar signals | en |
dc.subject | Echolocation | en |
dc.subject | Ganges river dolphins | en |
dc.subject | Irrawaddy dolphins | en |
dc.subject | Adaptation | en |
dc.subject | Q Science | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en |
dc.subject.lcc | Q | en |
dc.title | Clicking in Shallow Rivers : Short-Range Echolocation of Irrawaddy and Ganges River Dolphins in a Shallow, Acoustically Complex Habitat | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059284 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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