Fatty sound reception in minke whales: the lipid composition and potential function of fats associated with mysticete ears
Title | Fatty sound reception in minke whales: the lipid composition and potential function of fats associated with mysticete ears |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Yamato, M., H. N. Koopman, G. Feijoo, D. R. Ketten, and M. Niemeyer |
Conference Name | 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals |
Pagination | 229 |
Date Published | 2013 |
Publisher | Society for Marine Mammology |
Conference Location | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Keywords | acoustic fats, auditory system, balaenoptera acutorostrata, balaenopteridae, ear fats, jaw fats, lipid, lipids, minke whale, mysticete hearing, sound reception, whale hearing |
Abstract | 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 the mandibles and ears. Although sound reception mechanisms of mysticetes (baleen whales) are unknown, we found that some |