Principles of Marine Bioacoustics

by Au, Whitlow W. L.; Hastings, Mardi C.

• ISBN13: 9780387783642
• ISBN10: 0387783644
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-23
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This important new work is about studying the acoustics of marine animals using underwater acoustic techniques. The book discusses and unites the various areas of marine bioacoustics in a single comprehensive text.

Author Biography

Whitlow W.L. Au and Mardi C. Hastings have been involved with scientific acoustic research on marine animals for many years and their total combined span of time in this field extends over 5 decades.

Table of Contents

Principles and Methodology
Introduction	p. 3
Measurement and Generation of Underwater Sounds	p. 27
Transducer Properties and Utilization	p. 57
Acoustic Propagation	p. 87
Signal Recording and Data Acquisition	p. 121
Fourier Analysis	p. 177
Auditory Systems of Marine Animals	p. 227
Experimental Psychological and Electrophysiological Methodology	p. 283
Acoustics of Marine Animals
Hearing in Marine Animals	p. 337
Emission of Social Sounds by Marine Animals	p. 401
Echolocation in Marine Mammals	p. 501
Some Signal Processing Techniques	p. 565
Some Instrumentation for Marine Bioacoustics Research	p. 621
Index	p. 661
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