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Auditory evoked potentials in a stranded Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19603906     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Efforts to identify the specific causal mechanisms responsible for beaked whale strandings coincident with naval exercises have been hampered by lack of data concerning the hearing abilities of beaked whales and their physiological and behavioral responses to sound. In this study, auditory capabilities of a stranded Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) were investigated by measuring auditory evoked potentials. Click-evoked potentials, auditory thresholds as a function of frequency, and the modulation rate transfer function were determined. The evoked potentials and modulation rate transfer function were similar to those measured in other echolocating odontocetes; the upper limit of functional hearing was 80-90 kHz.
Authors:
James J Finneran; Dorian S Houser; Blair Mase-Guthrie; Ruth Y Ewing; Robert G Lingenfelser
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  126     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2009 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-07-16     Completed Date:  2009-09-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  484-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
US Navy Marine Mammal Program, SSC Pacific, Biosciences Division, San Diego, California 92152, USA. james.finneran@navy.mil
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Auditory Threshold
Evoked Potentials, Auditory*
Female
Hearing Tests
Linear Models
Whales / physiology*

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