TABLE
5.1. Vocalization and behavioral work on free-ranging dolphins
Species
Type of Vocalization
Behavioral Categories
Type of Observation
Location
Reference
Tursiops
Signature whistle,
Affiliative
Underwater and
Australia
Connor et al. 1992; Smolker et al.
truncatus
burst-pulsed
Male alliance
surface
1993; Connor and Smolker 1996
Consortships
Tursiops
Burst-pulsed,
Socializing
Surface
Australia
Schultz et al. 1995
truncatus
low-frequency,
narrow-band
Tursiops
Whistles, burstDive, travel, social
Surface
Croatia
Oehen 1996
truncatus
pulsed
feed,
mill
Tursiops
Burst-pulsed
Arousal Feeding
Surface
Portugal
dos Santos et al.
1990
truncatus
Stenella
Whistles, burstAffiliative, Aggressive
Underwater and
Eastern
Pryor and Kang-Shallenberger 1991
attenuata
pulsed
surface
Tropical
Pacific
Y'
Stenella
Whistles
Travel, socialize, night,
Underwater and
Hawaii
Norris et al. 1994; Driscoll 1995
;l>
longirostris
rest, meet, enter,
surface
('l
0
descent, spread
l:
~
Stenella
Whistles, burstAffiliative, aggressive,
Underwater and
Bahamas
Herzing 1996; Rossbach and
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frontalis/
pulsed,
play, courtship,
surface
Herzing 1997
l>l
Tursiops
echolocation
discipline, forage,
::l
0.
truncatus
distress, interspecific
[/l
0
Orcinus orca
Whistles, burstTravel, social, rest,
Surface
British
Ford 1991; Thomsen 1995
('l
pulsed
forage, beach
Columbia
§.:
rubbing
t::ti
(1l
Orcinus orca
Echolocation
Feeding
Underwater and
Norway
Simila and Ugarte 1993
::r
l>l
surface
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Cephalorhynchus
Whistles, burstSexual, aggressive,
Surface
New Zealand
Siooten 1994
..,
hectori
pulsed
play, feeding, aerial
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