International workshop. Cetacean echolocation and outer space neutrinos: ethology and physics for an interdisciplinary approach to underwater bioacoustics and astrophysical particles detection

Session

Acoustic communication, vocal learning and cognition in marine mammals

18 Oct 2013, 11:00

Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice, Sicily) School of Ethology - 30th workshop

79. Overview of vocal parameters and hearing abilities in pinnipeds and cetaceans

Dr Brandon Southall (Southall Environmental Associates, Inc.)

18/10/2013, 11:00

Invited Lecture

Sound is centrally important in the lives of marine mammals. We know they make sounds in social interactions and to find objects and their way around. We know they listen for conspecific animals to facilitate breeding, rearing, and other social dynamics. We also believe they listen to avoid predators and environmental sounds to facilitate spatial orientation. Among the 125+ species of marine...