| Off-axis sonar beam pattern of free-ranging finless porpoises measured by a stereo pulse event data logger | |
| Akamatsu, T; Wang, D; Wang, KX | |
| 2005-05-01 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
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| ISSN | 0001-4966 |
| Volume | 117Issue:5Pages:3325-3330 |
| Abstract | The off-axis sonar beam patterns of eight free-ranging finless porpoises were measured using attached data logger systems. The transmitted sound pressure level at each beam angle was calculated from the animal's body angle, the water surface echo level, and the swimming depth. The beam pattern of the off-axis signals between 45 and 115 (where 0 corresponds to the on-axis direction) was nearly constant. The sound pressure level of the off-axis signals reached 162 dB re 1 mPa peak-to-peak. The surface echo level received at the animal was over 140 dB, much higher than the auditory threshold level of small odontocetes. Finless porpoises are estimated to be able to receive the surface echoes of off-axis signals even at 50-m depth. Shallow water systems (less than 50-m depth) are the dominant habitat of both oceanic and freshwater populations of this species. Surface echoes may provide porpoises not only with diving depth information but also with information about surface direction and location of obstacles (including prey items) outside the on-axis sector of the sonar beam. 2005 Acoustical Society of America.; The off-axis sonar beam patterns of eight free-ranging finless porpoises were measured using attached data logger systems. The transmitted sound pressure level at each beam angle was calculated from the animal's body angle, the water surface echo level, and the swimming depth. The beam pattern of the off-axis signals between 45 and 115 (where 0 corresponds to the on-axis direction) was nearly constant. The sound pressure level of the off-axis signals reached 162 dB re 1 mPa peak-to-peak. The surface echo level received at the animal was over 140 dB, much higher than the auditory threshold level of small odontocetes. Finless porpoises are estimated to be able to receive the surface echoes of off-axis signals even at 50-m depth. Shallow water systems (less than 50-m depth) are the dominant habitat of both oceanic and freshwater populations of this species. Surface echoes may provide porpoises not only with diving depth information but also with information about surface direction and location of obstacles (including prey items) outside the on-axis sector of the sonar beam. 2005 Acoustical Society of America. |
| Subtype | Article |
| Keyword | Bottle-nosed-dolphin Echolocation Signals Neophocaena-phocaenoides Propagation |
| Department | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
| Subject Area | Acoustics |
| DOI | 10.1121/1.1893325 |
| WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Research Area | Acoustics ; Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology |
| WOS Subject | Acoustics ; Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology |
| WOS ID | WOS:000229068700064 |
| WOS Keyword | BOTTLE-NOSED-DOLPHIN ; ECHOLOCATION SIGNALS ; NEOPHOCAENA-PHOCAENOIDES ; PROPAGATION |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/9264 |
| Collection | 期刊论文 |
| Affiliation | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Akamatsu, T,Wang, D,Wang, KX. Off-axis sonar beam pattern of free-ranging finless porpoises measured by a stereo pulse event data logger[J]. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA,2005,117(5):3325-3330. |
| APA | Akamatsu, T,Wang, D,&Wang, KX.(2005).Off-axis sonar beam pattern of free-ranging finless porpoises measured by a stereo pulse event data logger.JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA,117(5),3325-3330. |
| MLA | Akamatsu, T,et al."Off-axis sonar beam pattern of free-ranging finless porpoises measured by a stereo pulse event data logger".JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 117.5(2005):3325-3330. |
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