Hearing by Whales and Dolphins
Cetaceans inhabit oceans, seas and even some rivers throughout the world. Hearing and sound production are thought to serve crucial functions in the behavior, natural history or life cycle of all of these animals. Although difficulties in studying large a
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Series Editors: Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper
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SPRINGER HANDBOOK OF AUDITORY RESEARCH
Volume 1: The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neuroanatomy Edited by Douglas B. Webster, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 2: The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neurophysiology Edited by Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay Volume 3: Human Psychophysics Edited by William Yost, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 4: Comparative Hearing: Mammals Edited by Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper Volume 5: Hearing by Bats Edited by Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay Volume 6: Auditory Computation Edited by Harold L. Hawkins, Teresa A. McMullen, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 7: Clinical Aspects of Hearing Edited by Thomas R. Van de Water, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 8: The Cochlea Edited by Peter Dallos, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 9: Development of the Auditory System Edited by Edwin W. Rubel, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 10: Comparative Hearing: Insects Edited by Ronald R. Hoy, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 11: Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians Edited by Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper Volume 12: Hearing by Whales and Dolphins Edited by Whitlow w.L. Au, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Forthcoming volumes (partial list) Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles Edited by Robert Dooling, Richard R. Fay, and Arthur N. Popper Speech Processing in the Auditory System Edited by Steven Greenberg, William Ainsworth, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay
Whitlow W.L. Au Arthur N. Popper Richard R. Fay Editors
Hearing by Whales and Dolphins
With 152 Illustrations
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Whitlow W.L. Au Marine Mamma! Research Program Hawaü Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii Kailua, HI 96734, USA Richard R. Fay Parmly Hearing Institute and Department of Psychology Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60626, USA
Arthur N. Popper Department of Biology and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742, USA
Series Editors: Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper Cover: The image is a 3D reconstruction from er scans of a left inner ear of an adult male Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). The image shows the ear from a lateral view with the facial nerve in the foreground. The auditory nerve canal and cochlear canals are just above and behind the facial nerve. Photo courtesy of Darlene R. Ketten.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hearing by whales and dolphins / [edited by] Whitlow Au, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay. p. cm.-(Springer handbook of auditory research) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4612-7024-9 ISBN 978-1-4612-1150-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4612-1150-1 1. Dolphins-Physiology. 2. Whales-Physiology. 3. Hearing. I. Au, Whitlow w.L. 11. Popper, Arthur N. III. Fay, Richard R. IV. Series. QL737.C432H425 2000 573.8'9195---dc21 99-40947 Printed on acid-free paper. © 2000 Springer Science+Business Media New York O
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