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Book International Review of Neurobiology

Download or read book International Review of Neurobiology written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1980-02-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Review of Neurobiology

Book Hearing by Whales and Dolphins

Download or read book Hearing by Whales and Dolphins written by Whitlow W.L. Au and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, experts in different areas of the field provide an overview of the bioacoustics of whales and dolphins as well as a thorough introduction to the subject for investigators of hearing in other animals. Topics covered include the structure and function of cetacean auditory systems, the unique sound production system of odontocetes, acoustic communication, psychoacoustics, echolocation and models of sound propagation.

Book Auditory Perception in Cetacea

Download or read book Auditory Perception in Cetacea written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Animal Sonar Systems

    Book Details:
  • Author : R. Busnel
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-06-29
  • ISBN : 1468472542
  • Pages : 1097 pages

Download or read book Animal Sonar Systems written by R. Busnel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 1097 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen years have gone by since the first international meet ing on Animal Sonar Systems was held in Frascati, Italy, in 1966. Since that time, almost 900 papers have been published on its theme. The first symposium was vital as it was the starting point for new research lines whose goal was to design and develop technological systems with properties approaching optimal biological systems. There have been highly significant developments since then in all domains related to biological sonar systems and in their appli cations to the engineering field. The time had therefore come for a multidisciplinary integration of the information gathered, not only on the evolution of systems used in animal echolocation, but on systems theory, behavior and neurobiology, signal-to-noise ratio, masking, signal processing, and measures observed in certain species against animal sonar systems. Modern electronics technology and systems theory which have been developed only since 1974 now allow designing sophisticated sonar and radar systems applying principles derived from biological systems. At the time of the Frascati meeting, integrated circuits and technol ogies exploiting computer science were not well enough developed to yield advantages now possible through use of real-time analysis, leading to, among other things, a definition of target temporal char acteristics, as biological sonar systems are able to do. All of these new technical developments necessitate close co operation between engineers and biologists within the framework of new experiments which have been designed, particularly in the past five years.

Book The Sonar of Dolphins

    Book Details:
  • Author : Whitlow W.L. Au
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 1461243564
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book The Sonar of Dolphins written by Whitlow W.L. Au and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary ability of dolphins to echolocate has fascinated scientists and the public since its discovery in the late 1950's. This is the first book to summarize modern research in this area, and presents a broad synthesis of this very interdisciplinary subject. The author is an internationally-recognized expert on dolphin sonar and is thus in a unique position to bring together research on the physiological, mathematical and engineering aspects of the subject. Of interest to auditory researchers, electrical engineers, acoustical physicists, and mammalian physiologists.

Book Invariance of the Auditory Perception Relative to Frequency time Signal Transformations in the Dolphin Tursiops Truncatus

Download or read book Invariance of the Auditory Perception Relative to Frequency time Signal Transformations in the Dolphin Tursiops Truncatus written by V. A. Saprykin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dolphin Communication and Cognition

Download or read book Dolphin Communication and Cognition written by Denise L. Herzing and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts survey the latest research on dolphin communication and cognition, offering a comprehensive reference to findings in the laboratory and from the field. Dolphin researchers have collected an impressive amount of data over the last twenty years, thanks to advances in technology for monitoring, recording, and analyzing dolphin behavior as well as increasing interest in exploring and modeling dolphins' cognitive capacities. This volume offers a comprehensive reference to the latest research on dolphin communication and cognition, reporting on findings from both the laboratory and the field. The contributors review a wide range of topics, including vocalization, abstract reasoning abilities, imitation and learning, social cognition, echolocation, and ethical issues in working with cetaceans. The book begins by examining the dolphin brain and its evolution, the anatomy of its unique sound production and reception systems, and its sensory abilities. It next treats communication, reviewing the complexity of dolphins' vocalization, and then describes research on cognition, from both experimental and developmental perspectives. Finally, the book considers the future of dolphin research, including a series of provocative questions that remain unanswered, posed by the volume's expert contributors. Contributors Mats Amundin, Whitlow Au, Ted W. Cranford, Nicola Erdsack, John Ford, Wolf Hanke, Louis M. Herman, Denise L. Herzing, Christine M. Johnson, Petr Krysl, Stan Kuczaj, Marc Lammers, Lori Marino, Paul Nachtigall, Julie Oswald, Adam A. Pack, Heidi Pearson, Sam Ridgway, Jeanette Thomas, Randall Wells, Thomas I. White, Hal Whitehead, Kelley Winship, Bernd Würsig

Book Dolphin Cognition and Behavior

Download or read book Dolphin Cognition and Behavior written by R. J. Schusterman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1986, Dolphin Cognition and Behavior is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology.

Book Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins

Download or read book Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins written by Jeanette A. Thomas and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although bats and dolphins live in very different environments, are vastly different in size, and hunt different kinds of prey, both groups have evolved similar sonar systems, known as echolocation, to locate food and navigate the skies and seas. While much research has been conducted over the past thirty years on echolocation in bats and dolphins, this volume is the first to compare what is known about echolocation in each group, to point out what information is missing, and to identify future areas of research. Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins consists of six sections: mechanisms of echolocation signal production; the anatomy and physiology of signal reception and interpretation; performance and cognition; ecological and evolutionary aspects of echolocation mammals; theoretical and methodological topics; and possible echolocation capabilities in other mammals, including shrews, seals, and baleen whales. Animal behaviorists, ecologists, physiologists, and both scientists and engineers who work in the field of bioacoustics will benefit from this book.

Book Government Reports Announcements   Index

Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-04 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Download or read book The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America written by Acoustical Society of America and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anatomy and Function of the Ear in Dolphins

Download or read book Anatomy and Function of the Ear in Dolphins written by V. M. Belʹkovich and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flow Visualization Experiments with a Dolphin

Download or read book Flow Visualization Experiments with a Dolphin written by Moe William Rosen and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manner in which water flows about the body of a swimming dolphin is a subject conerning which little is known. In 1958, 2 years before the research described in this report, what appeared to be an immense transverse vortex was discovered by the author in the water spray over the back of a leaping dolphin. In addition, a peculiar system of large twin-armed transverse vortexes appeared in the spray wake behind its tail. Fur ther original experiments that year with a fish led to the discovery by the author that a remarkable system of large discrete vortexes--the Fish Vortex System--exists in the water at the sides of a swimming fish. The resemblance of the dolphin's spray vortex to the fish vortexes in design and position was striking. These discoveries stimulated the further flow visualization research on dolphins reported here. The findings of this research indicate the presence of a vortex phenomenon under water about the body of a dolphin that resembles the Fish Vortex System. (Author).

Book Government Reports Annual Index

Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.

Book Communication Between Man and Dolphin

Download or read book Communication Between Man and Dolphin written by John Cunningham Lilly and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: