Principles of Marine Bioacoustics

• Main Authors: Au, Whitlow W. L. (Author), Hastings, Mardi C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Oceanography.; Animal physiology.; Acoustics.; Biomedical engineering.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Biomedical Engineering.

Principles of Marine Bioacoustics 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. It covers important subjects associated with marine bioacoustics such as th...

Table of Contents:

• Principles and Methodology
• Measurement and Generation of Underwater Sounds
• Transducer Properties and Utilization
• Acoustic Propagation
• Signal Recording and Data Acquisition
• Fourier Analysis
• Auditory Systems of Marine Animals
• Experimental Psychological and Electrophysiological Methodology
• Acoustics of Marine Animals
• Hearing in Marine Animals
• Emission of Social Sounds by Marine Animals
• Echolocation in Marine Mammals
• Some Signal Processing Techniques
• Some Instrumentation for Marine Bioacoustics Research.