Not long after the discovery of biosonar in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the early 1950s (see Au, 1993), the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was also shown to echolocate (Busnel and Dziedzic, 1967). Since then, the high-frequency click sounds used by harbour porpoises for echo...
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| Summary: | Not long after the discovery of biosonar in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the early 1950s (see Au, 1993), the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was also shown to echolocate (Busnel and Dziedzic, 1967). Since then, the high-frequency click sounds used by harbour porpoises for echolocation were described (Møhl and Andersen, 1973; |
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