FINAL REPORT Odontocete Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach
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......................................................................................................................................... 1 Objective ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Background ................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1: Initial Work............................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Field Tests of DTAG Attachments ......................................................................................... 7 1.2 Development of a Lightweight Broadband Underwater Sound Source ............................. 8 1.3 Development of Experimental Stimuli ................................................................................ 11 Chapter 2: Short-finned pilot whales and Risso’s dolphins respond strongly and divergently to non-linear killer whale calls .............................................................................. 13 2.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016