Research Topics
| P E NachtigallSummaryAffiliation: University of Hawaii Country: USA Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Behavioral and auditory evoked potential audiograms of a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)Michelle M L Yuen
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kailua, Hawaii 96744 1106, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 118:2688-95. 2005..These data indicated that behavioral and AEP techniques can be used successfully and interchangeably to measure cetacean hearing sensitivity...
Immediate changes in whale hearing sensitivityPaul E Nachtigall
University of Hawaii, Marine Mammal Research Program, P O Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734
J Acoust Soc Am 131:3423. 2012....
Shipboard measurements of the hearing of the white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostrisP E Nachtigall
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, PO Box 1106 Kailua, HI 96734 USA
J Exp Biol 211:642-7. 2008..The thresholds for both white-beaks were comparable and demonstrated the most sensitive high frequency hearing of any known dolphin and were as sensitive as the harbor porpoise...
Polar bear Ursus maritimus hearing measured with auditory evoked potentialsPaul E Nachtigall
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, HI, USA
J Exp Biol 210:1116-22. 2007..These data show sensitive hearing in the polar bear over a wide frequency range and should cause those concerned with the introduction of anthropogenic noise into the polar bear's environment to operate with caution...
A false killer whale adjusts its hearing when it echolocatesPaul E Nachtigall
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, PO Box 1106, Kailua, HI 96734, USA
J Exp Biol 211:1714-8. 2008..Overall, hearing during echolocation appears to be a very active process...
Temporary threshold shifts and recovery following noise exposure in the Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Paul E Nachtigall
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P O Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 113:3425-9. 2003..Measured temporary threshold shifts averaged 11 dB. Threshold determination took at least 20 min. Recovery was examined 360, 180, 90, and 45 min following exposure and was essentially complete within 45 min...
Audiogram of a formerly stranded long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) measured using auditory evoked potentialsA F Pacini
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kailua, HI 96734, USA
J Exp Biol 213:3138-43. 2010....
Functional bandwidth of an echolocating Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Stuart D Ibsen
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kailua, Hawaii 96734 1106, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 125:1214-21. 2009..The absence of temporal cues between some of the targets the dolphin could discriminate indicated that in these cases the target discrimination cues were based solely on the frequency content...
A re-evaluation of auditory filter shape in delphinid odontocetes: evidence of constant-bandwidth filtersD W Lemonds
Lockeed Martin, 3375 Koapaka Street, Suite I 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 130:3107-14. 2011....
Temporal resolution of the Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, auditory systemT Aran Mooney
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii, 46 007 Lilipuna Rd, Kaneohe, 96744, USA
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 192:373-80. 2006..Results predicted that the Risso's dolphin should have the ability to follow clicks and echoes while foraging at close range...
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) hearing threshold for brief broadband signalsWhitlow W L Au
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kailua 96734, USA
J Comp Psychol 116:151-7. 2002..The broadband results suggest that an echolocating bottlenose dolphin should be able to detect a 7.62-cm diameter water-filled sphere out to a range of 178 m in a quiet environment...
Auditory temporal resolution of a wild white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)T Aran Mooney
Department of Zoology and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P O Box 1106, Kailua, HI 96734, USA
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:375-84. 2009..The exceptionally high temporal resolution abilities of odontocetes are likely due primarily to echolocation capabilities that require rapid processing of acoustic cues...
Phantom echo highlight amplitude and temporal difference resolutions of an echolocating dolphin, Tursiops truncatusMark W Muller
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, 46 007 Lilipuna Road, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 3617, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 122:2255-62. 2007....
The perception of complex tones by a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)Michelle M L Yuen
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P O Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 121:1768-74. 2007..These results indicate that both frequency level and harmonic content may have contributed to the false killer whale's discrimination of complex tones...
Echolocation in the Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseusJennifer D Philips
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, P O Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 113:605-16. 2003..The particular acoustic and behavioral findings in the study are discussed with respect to the possible direction of the sonar transmission beam of the species...
Sonar-induced temporary hearing loss in dolphinsT Aran Mooney
Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, HI 96734, USA
Biol Lett 5:565-7. 2009..Thus, sonar can induce physiological and behavioural effects in at least one species of odontocete; however, exposures must be of prolonged, high sound exposures levels to generate these effects...
Hearing measurements from a stranded infant Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseusPaul E Nachtigall
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, PO Box 1106, Kailua, HI 96734, USA
J Exp Biol 208:4181-8. 2005..These results redefine the hearing capabilities of Risso's dolphins by demonstrating very high-frequency sensitivity...
Predicting temporary threshold shifts in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): the effects of noise level and durationT Aran Mooney
Department of Zoology and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 125:1816-26. 2009..The data reflected the complexity of TTS in mammals that should be taken into account when predicting odontocete TTS...
Decreased echolocation performance following high-frequency hearing loss in the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)L N Kloepper
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii, Kailua, HI 96734, USA
J Exp Biol 213:3717-22. 2010....
Changes in signal parameters over time for an echolocating Atlantic bottlenose dolphin performing the same target discrimination taskStuart D Ibsen
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, P O Box 1106 Kailua, Hawaii 96734 1106, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 122:2446-50. 2007..Despite the dramatic differences in click frequency content the dolphin was able to perform the same discrimination task at nearly the same level of success...
Classification of electronically generated phantom targets by an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)R Aubauer
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kailua 96734, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 107:2750-4. 2000..Phantom replicas were presented in a probe technique during a materials discrimination experiment. The animal accepted the phantom echoes and classified them in the same manner as it classified real targets...
Changes in consistency patterns of click frequency content over time of an echolocating Atlantic bottlenose dolphinStuart D Ibsen
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, PO Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734 1106, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 127:3821-9. 2010..The shift in consistency over time indicates these consistent regions were not simply artifacts of click production but rather an active control of frequency content...
The interaction of outgoing echolocation pulses and echoes in the false killer whale's auditory system: evoked-potential studyAlexander Ya Supin
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
J Acoust Soc Am 115:3218-25. 2004..The amplitude of the echo-related AEP was almost independent of distance, even though variation of target distance from 1 to 8 m influenced the echo intensity by as much as 36 dB...
Invariance of evoked-potential echo-responses to target strength and distance in an echolocating false killer whaleAlexander Ya Supin
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
J Acoust Soc Am 117:3928-35. 2005..It is supposed that the constancy of echo-related AEP results from variation of hearing sensitivity depending on the target strength and release of echo-related responses from masking by transmitted pulses depending on the distance...
Source-to-sensation level ratio of transmitted biosonar pulses in an echolocating false killer whaleAlexander Ya Supin
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
J Acoust Soc Am 120:518-26. 2006....
Evoked-potential recovery during double click stimulation in a whale: a possibility of biosonar automatic gain controlAlexander Ya Supin
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
J Acoust Soc Am 121:618-25. 2007..However, the distance range where this mechanism is effective depends on the emitted click level: The higher the level, the greater the range. @ 2007 Acoustical Society of America...
Forward masking as a mechanism of automatic gain control in odontocete biosonar: a psychophysical studyAlexander Ya Supin
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
J Acoust Soc Am 124:648-56. 2008..This release may compensate for the echo level decrease with distance, thus keeping the echo sensation level for the animal near constant within a certain distance range...
Hearing sensitivity during target presence and absence while a whale echolocatesAlexander Ya Supin
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
J Acoust Soc Am 123:534-41. 2008..Thus the data indicate that the hearing sensitivity of the whale varied depending on target presence or absence...
Time-frequency analysis and modeling of the backscatter of categorized dolphin echolocation clicks for target discriminationMark W Muller
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawai at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawai 96822 2303, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 124:657-66. 2008..The modification of the outgoing clicks and examination of time-frequency target information may be fundamental to a dolphin's ability to identify and discriminate targets...
Evoked potential recording during echolocation in a false killer whale Pseudorca crassidensAlexander Ya Supin
J Acoust Soc Am 113:2408-11. 2003
