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Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) use very short clicks for echolocation, with theoretical time resolution as high as 15–20 µs (Au 1993). High time resolution of Tursiops truncates sonar clicks can provide extremely good protection against reverberation. However, the auditory time resolution of Tursiops truncates is widely believed to be ∼300 µs (e.g., Au 1993; Supin et al. 2001) despite abundant behavioral data indicating that the auditory time resolution is as high as the theoretical time resolution of the echolocation clicks (e.g., Zaslavski 2003, 2006, 2008).
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Zaslavski, G. (2012). High Auditory Time Resolution in Bottlenose Dolphins Is Effective Protection Against Reverberation. In: Popper, A.N., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 730. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_7
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