Fatty sound reception in minke whales: the lipid composition and potential function of fats associated with mysticete ears
Cetaceans possess highly derived auditory systems because a conventional pinna and air-filled ear canal are ineffective at collecting and guiding sound towards the middle ears in an aquatic environment. Odontocetes, or toothed whales, receive sound through specialized “acoustic fats” associated with...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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Society for Marine Mammology
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33832 |