Shipboard measurements of the hearing of the white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Main Authors: Nachtigall, P. E., Mooney, T. A., Taylor, K. A., Miller, L. A., Rasmussen, M. H., Akamatsu, T., Teilmann, J., Linnenschmidt, M., Vikingsson, G. A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Company of Biologists 2008
• Subjects: Research Article; Blow Hole; Faxaflói; Iceland; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; White-beaked dolphin
• Online Access: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/211/4/642; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.014118

This is the first report of an underwater audiogram from a dolphin in a capture-and-release scenario. Two bow-riding white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris (a female and a male) were captured using the hoop-net technique in Faxaflói Bay, Iceland. The dolphins were transferred to a stretche...