Data from: Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range
The costs of predation may exert significant pressure on the mode of communication used by an animal, and many species balance the benefits of communication (e.g. mate attraction) against the potential risk of predation. Four groups of toothed whales have independently evolved narrowband high-freque...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:104584 2023-07-02T03:33:52+02:00 Data from: Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range Martin, Morgan Jensen, Frants Gridley, Tess Elwen, Simon 2018-06-28T14:15:46.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-b3-0n6h https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:104584 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0/2 doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0/4 doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0/5 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-b3-0n6h doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:104584 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2018 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.64048p0/210.5061/dryad.64048p0/410.5061/dryad.64048p0/510.5061/dryad.64048p0 2023-06-13T13:29:56Z The costs of predation may exert significant pressure on the mode of communication used by an animal, and many species balance the benefits of communication (e.g. mate attraction) against the potential risk of predation. Four groups of toothed whales have independently evolved narrowband high-frequency (NBHF) echolocation signals. These signals help NBHF species avoid predation through acoustic crypsis by echolocating and communicating at frequencies inaudible to predators such as mammal-eating killer whales. Heaviside’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) are thought to exclusively produce NBHF echolocation clicks with a centroid frequency around 125 kHz and little to no energy below 100 kHz. To test this, we recorded wild Heaviside’s dolphins in a sheltered bay in Namibia. We demonstrate that Heaviside’s dolphins produce a second type of click with lower frequency and broader bandwidth in a frequency range that is audible to killer whales. These clicks are used in burst-pulses and occasional click series but not foraging buzzes. We evaluate three different hypotheses and conclude that the most likely benefit of these clicks is to decrease transmission directivity and increase conspecific communication range. The expected increase in active space depends on background noise but ranges from 2.5 (Wenz Sea State 6) to 5 times (Wenz Sea State 1) the active space of NBHF signals. This dual click strategy therefore allows these social dolphins to maintain acoustic crypsis during navigation and foraging, and to selectively relax their crypsis to facilitate communication with conspecifics. Other/Unknown Material toothed whales Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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The costs of predation may exert significant pressure on the mode of communication used by an animal, and many species balance the benefits of communication (e.g. mate attraction) against the potential risk of predation. Four groups of toothed whales have independently evolved narrowband high-frequency (NBHF) echolocation signals. These signals help NBHF species avoid predation through acoustic crypsis by echolocating and communicating at frequencies inaudible to predators such as mammal-eating killer whales. Heaviside’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) are thought to exclusively produce NBHF echolocation clicks with a centroid frequency around 125 kHz and little to no energy below 100 kHz. To test this, we recorded wild Heaviside’s dolphins in a sheltered bay in Namibia. We demonstrate that Heaviside’s dolphins produce a second type of click with lower frequency and broader bandwidth in a frequency range that is audible to killer whales. These clicks are used in burst-pulses and occasional click series but not foraging buzzes. We evaluate three different hypotheses and conclude that the most likely benefit of these clicks is to decrease transmission directivity and increase conspecific communication range. The expected increase in active space depends on background noise but ranges from 2.5 (Wenz Sea State 6) to 5 times (Wenz Sea State 1) the active space of NBHF signals. This dual click strategy therefore allows these social dolphins to maintain acoustic crypsis during navigation and foraging, and to selectively relax their crypsis to facilitate communication with conspecifics. |
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Martin, Morgan Jensen, Frants Gridley, Tess Elwen, Simon |
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Martin, Morgan Jensen, Frants Gridley, Tess Elwen, Simon |
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Data from: Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range |
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Data from: Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range |
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Data from: Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range |
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Data from: Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range |
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data from: heaviside's dolphins (cephalorhynchus heavisidii) relax acoustic crypsis to increase communication range |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0/2 doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0/4 doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0/5 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-b3-0n6h doi:10.5061/dryad.64048p0 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:104584 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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