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Airborne Acoustic Communication in the Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus Schauinslandi

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Marine Mammal Sensory Systems

Abstract

Acoustic communication is important in the social life of pinnipeds, but our knowledge of it is limited. Physical analyses of sound signals are unavailable for some species, and are scant for others (Watkins and Wartzok, 1985; Table 1). Most existing analyses cover only a small portion of each species’ repertoire, are not very detailed, and provide little information about acoustic variability. Admittedly, it is difficult to study the behavior of most phocid species, yet acoustic signals are virtually undescribed even for some well studied species that breed on land. Only a few sonagrams are available for the gray seal (Halichoerus grypus), for example, and only a single call type of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) has been analyzed spectrographically.

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Miller, E.H., Job, D.A. (1992). Airborne Acoustic Communication in the Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus Schauinslandi . In: Thomas, J.A., Kastelein, R.A., Supin, A.Y. (eds) Marine Mammal Sensory Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3406-8_33

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