Evaluation of a method for determining the length of sperm whales ( Physeter catodon) from their vocalizations

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Gordon, Jonathan C. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04807.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1991.tb04807.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04807.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04807.x

The click vocalizations of sperm whales often contain several regularly‐spaced, discrete pulses of sound. Norris & Harvey (1972) hypothesized that these were caused as a single pulse of sound produced at the front of the whale's head bounced between reflective air sacs at either end of the...