Tools to Compare Diving-Animal Kinematics with Acoustic Behavior and Exposure

• Main Author: Burgess, Willian C
• Other Authors: GREENERIDGE SCIENCES INC SANTA BARBARA CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Psychology; Biology; Acoustics; *AQUATIC ANIMALS; *BEHAVIOR; *DIVING; *UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; BIOACOUSTICS; SEALS(MAMMALS); Burgess; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA597970; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA597970

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