Vertical auditory acuity of the bottlenose dolphin |
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Authors: | E S Babushina M A Polyakov |
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Institution: | (1) Karadag Natural Reserve, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kurortnoe, Crimea, 98188, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | The accuracy in locating underwater sounds in the vertical median plane was determined for the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus trained by operant conditioning with food reinforcement. The minimal perceived angles for 1-s tone signals were 2.5° at 5 or 20 kHz and 2.0° at 120 kHz; for 1-s trains of clicks centered at 120 kHz the acuity was still better, ~1.5°. Dolphins may locate different sounds using different yet equally efficient mechanisms, and they are the best in analyzing the acoustic space among marine mammals studied. |
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Keywords: | odontocetes Tursiops truncatus acoustic signal vertical localization |
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