482
Index
Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus gilli), 5
social sounds, 16
Pacific spotted dolphin, whistle signals,
366
Pacific whitesided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
cocWear potentials, 75
whistle signals, 179,366
Palatopharyngeal muscles, larynx, 119,
121,135
Pan bone, hearing, 59
Passive listening, 247
Perception, vocalizations, 233-234
Peribullar structures, odontocetes, 66-67
Periotic anatomy, 60ff
Periotic, specific acoustic impedance, 73
Phantom echo procedure, dolphins, 344,
359-360
Phase detection, auditory eNS, 288
Phoca vitulina, see harbor seal
Phocanoides dalli, see Dall's porpoise
Phocoena phocoena, see Harbor porpoise
Phocoenid porpoises, call types, 184-186
Phocoenidae (porpoises), biosonar click
duration, 115
Phonic lips
air flow, 144-145
biosonar signals, 141
endoscopy, 135
see also Monkey lips, Museau de
singe, 139
two pairs, 142-143
Physeter catodon, see Sperm whale
Physeteroidea, 1
Pillar cells, 84
Pilot whale, whistle signals, 366
Pinna, cetacea, 58-59
Pinniped, binaural hearing, 68
Pinnipeds, olfaction, 172
Platanistoidea, I
Pneumatic mechanisms, sound produc~
tion, 132ff
Polycyclic signals, 115-116, 136
Porpoise
basilar membrane length/thickness, 87
middle ear ossicles, 73
Porpoises (Phocoenidae), biosonar click
duration, 115
Premaxillary bones, biosonar beam formation, 137-138
Premaxillary sacs, sound production, 11
Presbycusis, dolphin, 72
Pressure detection, 46
Prey debilitation, acoustic, 112, 145
Prey, stunnjng, 165-166,239
Processus gracilis, middle ear,
Pseudorca crassidens, see False killer
whale
Psychoacoustics, 53
whales, 53, 330ff
Psychometric function, and variability,
331-333
Psychophysics
effects of age, 345
methods, 331 ff
odontocetes, 330ff
use of echolocation in, 344
Pteronotid bats, cocWear specializations, 89
Pteronotus parnelli, see Mustache bat
Pulse repetition rate, and two-way transmission time, 114
Pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata), 4
sound emission, 27-28
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps),
vocalization, 10
biosonar signals, 370
nose, 123
Range discrimination, target, 387ff
Reactance, middle ear, 71
Recognition signals, 17lff
Resonance frequency, swim bladder, 169
Resonance, ossicular chain, 73
Resonance quality factor (Q), blue whale,
454-456
Response bias, psychophysics, 333-334
Reverberation, echolocation, 383ff
Rhinolophid bats, cochlear specializations,89
Rhinolophys ferrumequinum, see Greater
horseshoe bat and Horseshoe bat
Right whales, basilar membrane length!
thickness, 87
mother-infant interactions, 172
see also Southern right whale and
Northern right whale
vocalizations, 3
Index
Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus gilli), 5
social sounds, 16
Pacific spotted dolphin, whistle signals,
366
Pacific whitesided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
cocWear potentials, 75
whistle signals, 179,366
Palatopharyngeal muscles, larynx, 119,
121,135
Pan bone, hearing, 59
Passive listening, 247
Perception, vocalizations, 233-234
Peribullar structures, odontocetes, 66-67
Periotic anatomy, 60ff
Periotic, specific acoustic impedance, 73
Phantom echo procedure, dolphins, 344,
359-360
Phase detection, auditory eNS, 288
Phoca vitulina, see harbor seal
Phocanoides dalli, see Dall's porpoise
Phocoena phocoena, see Harbor porpoise
Phocoenid porpoises, call types, 184-186
Phocoenidae (porpoises), biosonar click
duration, 115
Phonic lips
air flow, 144-145
biosonar signals, 141
endoscopy, 135
see also Monkey lips, Museau de
singe, 139
two pairs, 142-143
Physeter catodon, see Sperm whale
Physeteroidea, 1
Pillar cells, 84
Pilot whale, whistle signals, 366
Pinna, cetacea, 58-59
Pinniped, binaural hearing, 68
Pinnipeds, olfaction, 172
Platanistoidea, I
Pneumatic mechanisms, sound produc~
tion, 132ff
Polycyclic signals, 115-116, 136
Porpoise
basilar membrane length/thickness, 87
middle ear ossicles, 73
Porpoises (Phocoenidae), biosonar click
duration, 115
Premaxillary bones, biosonar beam formation, 137-138
Premaxillary sacs, sound production, 11
Presbycusis, dolphin, 72
Pressure detection, 46
Prey debilitation, acoustic, 112, 145
Prey, stunnjng, 165-166,239
Processus gracilis, middle ear,
Pseudorca crassidens, see False killer
whale
Psychoacoustics, 53
whales, 53, 330ff
Psychometric function, and variability,
331-333
Psychophysics
effects of age, 345
methods, 331 ff
odontocetes, 330ff
use of echolocation in, 344
Pteronotid bats, cocWear specializations, 89
Pteronotus parnelli, see Mustache bat
Pulse repetition rate, and two-way transmission time, 114
Pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata), 4
sound emission, 27-28
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps),
vocalization, 10
biosonar signals, 370
nose, 123
Range discrimination, target, 387ff
Reactance, middle ear, 71
Recognition signals, 17lff
Resonance frequency, swim bladder, 169
Resonance, ossicular chain, 73
Resonance quality factor (Q), blue whale,
454-456
Response bias, psychophysics, 333-334
Reverberation, echolocation, 383ff
Rhinolophid bats, cochlear specializations,89
Rhinolophys ferrumequinum, see Greater
horseshoe bat and Horseshoe bat
Right whales, basilar membrane length!
thickness, 87
mother-infant interactions, 172
see also Southern right whale and
Northern right whale
vocalizations, 3