Clicking in a killer whale habitat: narrow-band, high-frequency biosonar clicks of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Line A Kyhn, Jakob Tougaard, Kristian Beedholm, Frants H Jensen, Erin Ashe, Rob Williams, Peter T Madsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Canada; British Columbia; Harbour porpoise; Killer Whale; Phocoena phocoena; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063763; https://doaj.org/article/2601d17f7f024f12b06f114b6237b470

Odontocetes produce a range of different echolocation clicks but four groups in different families have converged on producing the same stereotyped narrow band high frequency (NBHF) click. In microchiropteran bats, sympatric species have evolved the use of different acoustic niches and subtly differ...