Echolocation: clicking for supper

Peter Lloyd Tyack

doi:10.7554/eLife.07690

Echolocation: clicking for supper

Peter Lloyd Tyack

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Abstract

When close to prey, porpoises actively widen their sonar beam, which may make it harder for the prey to escape.

Original language	English
Article number	e07690
Number of pages	3
Journal	eLife
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07690
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2015

Keywords

Phocoena phocoena
Echolocation
Beam directionality
Buzz
Prey capture
Convergent evolution

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Effect of Boradband Nature of Marine: Effect of broadband nature of marine mammal echolocation clicks on click-based population density estimates
Thomas, L. (PI) & Tyack, P. (CoI)
4/04/14 → 1/04/15
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Echolocation: clicking for supper

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Effect of Boradband Nature of Marine: Effect of broadband nature of marine mammal echolocation clicks on click-based population density estimates

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