Table of Contents

Sensory Anatomy and Physiology.- Forehead Anatomy of Phocoena Phocoena and Cephalorhynchus Commersonii: 3-Dimensional Computer Reconstructions with Emphasis on the Nasal Diverticula.- Structure and Thalamocortical Relations of the Cetacean Sensory Cortex: Histological, Tracer and Immunocytochemical Studies.- A Potential Neural Substrate for Geomagnetic Sensibility in Cetaceans.- Immunocytochemistry of Neurotransmitters in Visual Neocortex of Several Toothed Whales: Light and Electron Microscopic Study.- Evolution of the Nasal Anatomy of Cetaceans.- Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of the Dolphin EAR.- Sensory Neocortex in Dolphin Brain.- Evolutionary Morphology and Acoustics in the Dolphin Skull.- Tactile Sensitivity, Somatosensory Responses, Skin Vibrations, and the Skin Surface Ridges of the Bottle-Nose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus.- A Potential System of Delay-Lines in the Dolphin Auditory Brainstem.- Concluding Comments on Sensory Anatomy and Physiology.- Acoustic Senses.- Target Detection in Noise by Echolocating Dolphins.- Preliminary Notes on Behaviour of a Blindfolded Free-Swimming Dolphin Performing a Target Echolocation Task in a Pool.- On the Two Auditory Subsystems in Dolphins.- A Proposed Echolocation Receptor for the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops mincatus): Modelling the Receive Directivity from Tooth and Lower Jaw Geometry.- Studies on Echolocation of Porpoises Taken in Salmon Gillnet Fisheries.- Very-High-Frequency Acoustic Emissions from the White-Beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus Albirostris).- High Intensity Narwhal Clicks.- Investigations on the Control of Echolocation Pulses in the Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus).- Purposeful Changes in the Structure of Echolocation Pulses in Tursiops Truncatus.- Echolocation Characteristics and Range Detection Threshold of a False Killer Whale (Pseudorca Crassidens).- Preliminary Hearing Study on Gray Whales (Eschrichtius Robustus) in the Field.- Inferences about Perception in Large Cetaceans, Especially Humpback Whales, from Incidental Catches in Fixed Fishing Gear, Enhancement of Nets by “Alarm” Devices, and the Acoustics of Fishing Gear.- Formation of an Adaptive Structure of the Peripheral Part of the Auditory Analyzer in Aquatic, Echo-Locating Mammals During Ontogenesis.- Frequency-Selectivity of the Auditory System in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus.- Masked Hearing Abilities in a False Killer Whale (Pseudorca Crassidens).- Electrophysiological Studies of Hearing in Some Cetaceans and A Manatee.- Localization of the Acoustic Window at the Dolphin’s Head.- Concluding Comments on Cetacean Hearing and Echolocation.- Chemical/Tactile/Visual Senses.- Preliminary Results from Psychophysical Studies on the Tactile Sensitivity in Marine Mammals.- Taste Reception in the Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus Gilli) and the California Sea Lion (Zalophus Californianus).- Cognitive Performance of Dolphins in Visually-Guided Tasks.- Anatomical and Histological Characteristics of the Eyes of a Month-Old and an Adult Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena Phocoena).- Chemical Sense of Dolphins: Quasi-Olfaction.- Best Vision Zones in the Retinae of Some Cetaceans.- Visual Ecology and Cognition in Cetaceans.- Non-Acoustic Communication in Small Cetaceans: Glance, Touch, Position, Gesture, and Bubbles.- Visual Displays for Communication in Cetaceans.- Concluding Comments on Vision, Tactition, and Chemoreception.- Communication.- Acoustic Behavior of Mysticete Whales.- Acoustic Behavior in a Local Population of Bottlenose Dolphins.- Organization of Communication System in TursiopsTruncatus Montagu.- Signalization of the Bottlenose Dolphin During the Adaptation to Different Stressors.- Concluding Comments on Acoustic Communication.- Other Senses.- Geomagnetic Sensitivity in Cetaceans: An Update With Live Stranding Records in the United States.- Geomagnetic Orientation in Cetaceans: Behavioural Evidence.- Attention and Decision-Making in Echolocation Matching-to-Sample by a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus): The Microstructure of Decision-Making.- Stimulus Equivalence and Cross-Modal Perception: A Testable Model for Demonstrating Symbolic Representations in Bottlenose Dolphins.- The Ability of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops Truncatus, to Report Arbitrary Information.- Concluding Comments on Other Sensory Abilities.