478
Index
Energy detector, psychophysics, 343
Epiglottic spout, larynx, 119, 121
Eptesicus fuscus, see Big brown bat
Eschrichtiidae, I, 4
Eubalaena australis, see Southern right
whale
Eubalaena glacialis, see Northern right
whale
Event-related potentials, auditory CNS,
284-285
Evoked potentials, auditory CNS, 9, 282
Evolution
body size, 208-210
cetaceans, 44
echolocation, 157-158
vocal learning, 210-212
whale communication, 156-157
External auditory canal, mysticetes, 8, 64
External auditory meatus, 275
False alarms, psychophysics, 334-335
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens),
5
False killer whale
ATOC,9
auditory brainstem response, 296-297
biosonar beam formation, 137, 37lff
biosonar detection range, 380
biosonar signal frequency and source
level, 368-369
biosonar signals, 117
click intervals, 376
click source levels, 379
critical masking ratios, 357
EFR electrophysiology, 34
whistle signals, 366
Far field, odontocete sound production,
136
Fat bodies
biosonar signal production, 142
sound velocity, 61
Fat, in mandible, 121
Fat, whale head, 59
sound projection, 12
sound velocity in melon, 140
Fighting behavior, 176-177
Fin whale
basilar membrane length/thickness, 87
infrasound, 54
middle ear ossicles, 73
song, 28, 30
20 Hz calls, 206-207
vocalizations, 2, 4, 206ff
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), 10, 370
biosonar signals, 370, 373
vocalization, 10
Fish
detection by dolphins, 169-170,
247-248
hearing 164
ultrasound detection, 164,247-248
Foraging, vocalizations, 242
Forehead, biosonar beam formation, 145
Fossil cetaceans, cerebellum, 281
Frequency analysis, 53-54
Frequency discrimination, 53, 94, 180181,353-354
Frequency modulation, detection,
358-359
Frequency range, hearing, 48, 53
Frequency selectivity, masking studies,
353ff
Frequency spectra, biosonar target discrimination, 395-396
Frequency tuning, 317-318
Frog, advertisement call, 175
Gadus morhua, see Cod
Ganglion cell density, 98-99
Ganglion cells, dolphin, 32-33
Globicephala macrorhynchus, see Shortfinned pilot whale
Globicephala melaena, see Long-finned
pilot whale
Globicephala scammoni, see North Pacific pilot whale
Glove finger, humpback whale, 60-61, 64
Go/no-go method, psychophysics, 333
Goosebeak, larynx, 119
Grampus griseus, see Risso's dolphin
Gray whale, response to killer whale
sounds, 162
Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), hearing, 157
Grey whale (Balaenoptera robustus), vocalization, 2, 4
migration and sound, 8
Index
Energy detector, psychophysics, 343
Epiglottic spout, larynx, 119, 121
Eptesicus fuscus, see Big brown bat
Eschrichtiidae, I, 4
Eubalaena australis, see Southern right
whale
Eubalaena glacialis, see Northern right
whale
Event-related potentials, auditory CNS,
284-285
Evoked potentials, auditory CNS, 9, 282
Evolution
body size, 208-210
cetaceans, 44
echolocation, 157-158
vocal learning, 210-212
whale communication, 156-157
External auditory canal, mysticetes, 8, 64
External auditory meatus, 275
False alarms, psychophysics, 334-335
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens),
5
False killer whale
ATOC,9
auditory brainstem response, 296-297
biosonar beam formation, 137, 37lff
biosonar detection range, 380
biosonar signal frequency and source
level, 368-369
biosonar signals, 117
click intervals, 376
click source levels, 379
critical masking ratios, 357
EFR electrophysiology, 34
whistle signals, 366
Far field, odontocete sound production,
136
Fat bodies
biosonar signal production, 142
sound velocity, 61
Fat, in mandible, 121
Fat, whale head, 59
sound projection, 12
sound velocity in melon, 140
Fighting behavior, 176-177
Fin whale
basilar membrane length/thickness, 87
infrasound, 54
middle ear ossicles, 73
song, 28, 30
20 Hz calls, 206-207
vocalizations, 2, 4, 206ff
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), 10, 370
biosonar signals, 370, 373
vocalization, 10
Fish
detection by dolphins, 169-170,
247-248
hearing 164
ultrasound detection, 164,247-248
Foraging, vocalizations, 242
Forehead, biosonar beam formation, 145
Fossil cetaceans, cerebellum, 281
Frequency analysis, 53-54
Frequency discrimination, 53, 94, 180181,353-354
Frequency modulation, detection,
358-359
Frequency range, hearing, 48, 53
Frequency selectivity, masking studies,
353ff
Frequency spectra, biosonar target discrimination, 395-396
Frequency tuning, 317-318
Frog, advertisement call, 175
Gadus morhua, see Cod
Ganglion cell density, 98-99
Ganglion cells, dolphin, 32-33
Globicephala macrorhynchus, see Shortfinned pilot whale
Globicephala melaena, see Long-finned
pilot whale
Globicephala scammoni, see North Pacific pilot whale
Glove finger, humpback whale, 60-61, 64
Go/no-go method, psychophysics, 333
Goosebeak, larynx, 119
Grampus griseus, see Risso's dolphin
Gray whale, response to killer whale
sounds, 162
Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), hearing, 157
Grey whale (Balaenoptera robustus), vocalization, 2, 4
migration and sound, 8