Abstract
Research in biosonar has always required a multidisciplinary approach involving scientists of widely varying academic backgrounds, experience and expertise. Scientists with backgrounds as diverse as biology, psychology, physiology, physics, engineering, and veterinary medicine have been involved in unlocking the mysteries of the dolphin sonar. The rich interdisciplinary nature of the field presents a special challenge in the writing of a technical, scientific book on the dolphin sonar system that would be meaningful to a broad audience. In order to approach this subject, this chapter will discuss some necessary and important background material which may be very basic and elementary to members of a particular academic discipline, yet not so obvious and easily understood for those coming from a different background. The chapter will begin with a brief history of biosonar research, followed by sections on underwater acoustics, Fourier analysis, psychophysics, and signal detection theory.
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Au, W.W.L. (1993). Introduction. In: The Sonar of Dolphins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4356-4_1
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