Directional Hearing under Water : Morphology and Function of the Middle Ear of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Short-Finned Pilot Whale)

• Main Author: Tsur, Itamar
• Other Authors: Tyack, Peter, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, Doctoral Programme Brain and Mind, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Helsingin yliopisto, bio- ja ympäristötieteellinen tiedekunta, Aivot ja mieli tohtoriohjelma (B&M), Helsingfors universitet, bio- och miljövetenskapliga fakulteten, Doktorandprogrammet i hjärn- och medvetandeforskning, Donner, Kristian, Nummela, Sirpa, Werner, Yehudah
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2020
• Subjects: physiology and Neuroscience; Lever; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/318850

The evolution of whales into fully aquatic, deep-diving animals, which began over 50 million years ago, entailed a dramatic change in their sensory environment and a corresponding reorganization of their sensory systems. For hearing, this had two major consequences. (1) The physics of sound transmis...