Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans: Laboratory and Field Evidence

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Forehead Anatomy of Phocoena Phocoena and Cephalorhynchus Commersonii : 3-Dimensional Computer Reconstructions with Emphasis on the Nasal Diverticula....Pages 1-18
Structure and Thalamocortical Relations of the Cetacean Sensory Cortex: Histological, Tracer and Immunocytochemical Studies....Pages 19-30
A Potential Neural Substrate for Geomagnetic Sensibility in Cetaceans....Pages 31-38
Immunocytochemistry of Neurotransmitters in Visual Neocortex of Several Toothed Whales: Light and Electron Microscopic Study....Pages 39-66
Evolution of the Nasal Anatomy of Cetaceans....Pages 67-79
Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of the Dolphin EAR....Pages 81-105
Sensory Neocortex in Dolphin Brain....Pages 107-136
Evolutionary Morphology and Acoustics in the Dolphin Skull....Pages 137-162
Tactile Sensitivity, Somatosensory Responses, Skin Vibrations, and the Skin Surface Ridges of the Bottle-Nose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus ....Pages 163-179
A Potential System of Delay-Lines in the Dolphin Auditory Brainstem....Pages 181-193
Concluding Comments on Sensory Anatomy and Physiology....Pages 195-202
Target Detection in Noise by Echolocating Dolphins....Pages 203-216
Preliminary Notes on Behaviour of a Blindfolded Free-Swimming Dolphin Performing a Target Echolocation Task in a Pool....Pages 217-231
On the Two Auditory Subsystems in Dolphins....Pages 233-254
A Proposed Echolocation Receptor for the Bottlenose Dolphin ( Tursiops mincatus ): Modelling the Receive Directivity from Tooth and Lower Jaw Geometry....Pages 255-267
Studies on Echolocation of Porpoises Taken in Salmon Gillnet Fisheries....Pages 269-281
Very-High-Frequency Acoustic Emissions from the White-Beaked Dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus Albirostris )....Pages 283-294
High Intensity Narwhal Clicks....Pages 295-303
Investigations on the Control of Echolocation Pulses in the Dolphin ( Tursiops Truncatus )....Pages 305-316
Purposeful Changes in the Structure of Echolocation Pulses in Tursiops Truncatus ....Pages 317-319
Echolocation Characteristics and Range Detection Threshold of a False Killer Whale ( Pseudorca Crassidens )....Pages 321-334
Preliminary Hearing Study on Gray Whales ( Eschrichtius Robustus ) in the Field....Pages 335-346
Inferences about Perception in Large Cetaceans, Especially Humpback Whales, from Incidental Catches in Fixed Fishing Gear, Enhancement of Nets by “Alarm” Devices, and the Acoustics of Fishing Gear....Pages 347-362
Formation of an Adaptive Structure of the Peripheral Part of the Auditory Analyzer in Aquatic, Echo-Locating Mammals During Ontogenesis....Pages 363-383
Frequency-Selectivity of the Auditory System in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus ....Pages 385-393
Masked Hearing Abilities in a False Killer Whale ( Pseudorca Crassidens )....Pages 395-404
Electrophysiological Studies of Hearing in Some Cetaceans and A Manatee....Pages 405-415
Localization of the Acoustic Window at the Dolphin’s Head....Pages 417-426
Concluding Comments on Cetacean Hearing and Echolocation....Pages 427-433
Preliminary Results from Psychophysical Studies on the Tactile Sensitivity in Marine Mammals....Pages 435-446
Taste Reception in the Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin ( Tursiops Truncatus Gilli ) and the California Sea Lion ( Zalophus Californianus )....Pages 447-454
Cognitive Performance of Dolphins in Visually-Guided Tasks....Pages 455-462
Anatomical and Histological Characteristics of the Eyes of a Month-Old and an Adult Harbor Porpoise ( Phocoena Phocoena )....Pages 463-480
Chemical Sense of Dolphins: Quasi-Olfaction....Pages 481-503
Best Vision Zones in the Retinae of Some Cetaceans....Pages 505-517
Visual Ecology and Cognition in Cetaceans....Pages 519-536
Non-Acoustic Communication in Small Cetaceans: Glance, Touch, Position, Gesture, and Bubbles....Pages 537-544
Visual Displays for Communication in Cetaceans....Pages 545-559
Concluding Comments on Vision, Tactition, and Chemoreception....Pages 561-569
Acoustic Behavior of Mysticete Whales....Pages 571-583
Acoustic Behavior in a Local Population of Bottlenose Dolphins....Pages 585-598
Organization of Communication System in Tursiops Truncatus Montagu....Pages 599-622
Signalization of the Bottlenose Dolphin During the Adaptation to Different Stressors....Pages 623-634
Concluding Comments on Acoustic Communication....Pages 635-638
Geomagnetic Sensitivity in Cetaceans: An Update With Live Stranding Records in the United States....Pages 639-649
Geomagnetic Orientation in Cetaceans: Behavioural Evidence....Pages 651-663
Attention and Decision-Making in Echolocation Matching-to-Sample by a Bottlenose Dolphin ( Tursiops Truncatus ): The Microstructure of Decision-Making....Pages 665-676
Stimulus Equivalence and Cross-Modal Perception: A Testable Model for Demonstrating Symbolic Representations in Bottlenose Dolphins....Pages 677-684
The Ability of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops Truncatus , to Report Arbitrary Information....Pages 685-697
Concluding Comments on Other Sensory Abilities....Pages 699-702
Back Matter....Pages 703-710