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Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes

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Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes. / Dunn, Charlotte; Tyack, Peter Lloyd; Miller, Patrick; Rendell, Luke Edward.

In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 141, No. 2, 02.2017, p. 900-907.

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Dunn, C, Tyack, PL, Miller, P & Rendell, LE 2017, 'Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 900-907. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4976084

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Dunn, C., Tyack, P. L., Miller, P., & Rendell, L. E. (2017). Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(2), 900-907. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4976084

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Dunn C, Tyack PL, Miller P, Rendell LE. Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2017 Feb;141(2):900-907. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4976084

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Dunn, Charlotte ; Tyack, Peter Lloyd ; Miller, Patrick ; Rendell, Luke Edward. / Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes. In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2017 ; Vol. 141, No. 2. pp. 900-907.

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