Discrimination between high and low repetition rates of ultrasonic pulses by the cod |
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| Authors: | J. Astrup, B. Mø hl |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Sound Communication, and Department of Zoophysiology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Cod were trained to detect a shift in the repetition rate of intense ultrasonic pulses (approximately 210 dB re 1 μPa). For cod exposed to predation by toothed whales, this ability may provide information to guide evasive manoeuvres. |
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| Keywords: | ultrasound detection repetition rate fish biosonar odontocetes Gadus morhua L |
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