Marine Mammal Sensory Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Sensory Anatomy, Morphology, and Neurology

   1. Morphological and Histochemical Features of Odontocete Visual Neocortex: Immunocytochemical Analysis of Pyramidal and Non-Pyramidal Populations of Neurons

      • Ilya I. Glezer, Patrick R. Hof, Csaba Leranth, Peter J. Morgane

      Pages 1-38

   2. Fiber Analysis of the Optic and Cochlear Nerves of Small Cetaceans

      • Gao Guofu, Zhou Kaiya

      Pages 39-52

   3. The Cetacean Ear: Form, Frequency, and Evolution

      • Darlene R. Ketten

      Pages 53-75

   4. Structure, Function, and Adaptation of the Manatee Ear

      • Darlene R. Ketten, Daniel K. Odell, Daryl P. Domning

      Pages 77-95

   5. The Cornea as an Optical Element in the Cetacean Eye

      • Ronald H. H. Kröger, Kuno Kirschfeld

      Pages 97-106

   6. Micromapping of the Fur Seal’s Somatosensory Cerebral Cortex

      • Tamara F. Ladygina, Vladimir V. Popov, Alexander Ya. Supin

      Pages 107-117

   7. Retinal Topography in the Walrus (Odobenus Rosmarus Divergence) and Fur Seal (Callorhinus Ursinus)

      • Alla M. Mass

      Pages 119-135

   8. Histological Characteristics and Distribution of Ganglion Cells in the Retinae of the Dall’s Porpoise and Minke Whale

      • Tsukasa Murayama, Yoshihiro Fujise, Ichiro Aoki, Takeo Ishii

      Pages 137-145

   9. Functional Anatomy of the Nasal System in the Bottlenose Dolphin

      • Vyacheslav A. Rodionov, Vladimir I. Markov

      Pages 147-177

   10. Prenatal Development of the Peripheral Part of the Auditory System in Mammals of Different Ecology

       • Galina N. Solntseva

       Pages 179-195

3. Hearing Abilities

   1. Auditory Brainstem Responses in the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena Phocoena)

      • Nikolay G. Bibikov

      Pages 197-211

   2. Auditory Sensitivity of a Chinese River Dolphin, Lipotes Vexillifer

      • Ding Wang, Kexiong Wang, Youfu Xiao, Gang Sheng

      Pages 213-221

   3. Periphery Auditory Analysis of Short Acoustic Pulses in Dolphins

      • Nikolay A. Dubrovsky, Ludmila K. Rimskaya-Korsakova

      Pages 223-233

   4. Mechanisms of Signal Discrimination and Identification in the Auditory System of Tursiops Truncatus

      • Nikolay A. Dubrovsky, Tengiz V. Zorikov, Oleg Sh. Kvighinadze, Miriam M. Kuratishvili

      Pages 235-240

   5. Detection of Tone Glides by the Beluga Whale

      • C. Scott Johnson

      Pages 241-247

   6. Underwater Hearing in Seals: The Role of the Outer Ear

      • Nikolay V. Lipatov

      Pages 249-256

   7. Electrophysiological Study of the Interaural Intensity Difference and Interaural Time-Delay in Dolphins

      • Vladimir V. Popov, Alexander Ya. Supin

      Pages 257-267

   8. Electrophysiological Study of Sound Conduction in Dolphins

      • Vladimir V. Popov, Alexander Ya. Supin, Vladimir O. Klishin

      Pages 269-276

   9. Selective Hearing Adaptation to Paired Pulses in Tursiops Truncatus

      • Maya N. Sukhoruchenko

      Pages 277-286

This book is a collection of original research papers given at a symposium entitled "Sensory Systems and Behavior of Aquatic Mammals", hosted by the USSR Academy of Sciences. The meeting was held in Moscow from 16 to 25 October, 1991 and involved nearly 100 scientists from around the world. The major headings of the book correspond to the session topics at the symposium. This meeting was not the first dedicated to problems of sensory systems in aquatic mammals. Experts in this field met several times previously to discuss important problems of sensory functions in echolocating animals. symposia on biosonar systems were held in Frascati, Italy in 1966, then in Jersey, France in 1978, and in Helsingor, Denmark in 1986. Papers presented at these meetings were pUblished in books that advanced significantly the understanding of sensory systems (Busnel and Fish, 1980; Nachtigall and Moore, 1988). Initially, echolocating bats were the main subjects of consideration. However, studies on echolocating aquatic mammals, whales and dolphins, increased from one meeting to the next. Indeed, aquatic mammals are of exceptional interest for studying the adaptation of sensory functions for echolocation in specific aquatic environments. As a natural consequence of these developments, the 1989 symposium in Rome was devoted specifically to the sensory systems of cetaceans (Thomas and Kastelein, 1990). This symposium was held within the Fifth International Theriological Congress and was attended by many scientists.

• Adaptation
• anatomy
• animals
• behavior
• development
• environment
• fish
• mammals
• morphology

• Office of Aquatic Studies, Western Illinois University, Macomb, USA

  Jeanette A. Thomas

• Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park, Harderwijk, The Netherlands

  Ronald A. Kastelein

• Severtsov Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

  Alexander Ya. Supin

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