The metabolic cost of whistling is low but measurable in dolphins

Noren, Dawn P.; Holt, Marla M.; Dunkin, Robin C.; Willams, Terrie M.

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The metabolic cost of whistling is low but measurable in dolphins

2020
By Noren, Dawn P. ; Holt, Marla M. ; Dunkin, Robin C. ; ...

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Journal of Experimental Biology
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Noren, Dawn P. ; Holt, Marla M. ; Dunkin, Robin C. ; Willams, Terrie M.
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
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We read ‘Whistling is metabolically cheap for communicating bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)’ by Pedersen et al. (2020) and were concerned to see how our results (Noren et al., 2013; Holt et al., 2015) were presented. This was especially surprising, given our previous feedback to the authors (see acknowledgements, Pedersen et al., 2020). Although Pedersen et al. claim their work disproves our findings, their methods were not designed to accurately measure the low metabolic cost (MC) of whistle production. In fact, the differing conclusions are explained by differences in methods and interpretation of the findings.
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Animal Science And Zoology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Insect Science Molecular Biology Physiology Animal Science And Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Animal Science And Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
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Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(11)
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https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224048
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1477-9145 ; 0022-0949
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