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The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) are nearshore odontocetes, distributed in tropical and sub-tropical oceans. This species has been studied to unveil its ability to echolocate. Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, like its Odontocetes companion, relies on echolocation system to navigate and detect targets, which contains a sound transmitting system in the forehead and a sound reception in the jaw. Their soft tissues present gradient sound speed and density distributions in the forehead. Solid skull, air structures and soft tissues form a natural multi-phase meta-material to modulate sounds into energy focused beams. This multi-phase property is also applied to the hearing system as revealed in current papers. Here in this work, the physical mechanism of sound reception in the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin is studied by using the computed tomography (CT) scanning, physical measurements and numerical simulation. Hounsfield units (HUs) of the forehead tissues are extracted from CT scanning results. A linear relationship is revealed between HU and sound speed, HU and density, which are combined with HU distribution to reconstruct the sound speed and density distribution of the sound reception system. The CT scanning shows that the sound reception system located at lower head is composed of external mandibular fat, internal mandibular fat, mandible and hearing bones. Model of sound reception system is developed on the basis of CT scanning results and used in subsequent simulations. The physical process of sound reception reveals that the hearing system can guide sounds through variable pathways to reach hearing bones. Sounds can enter into the reception system along the acoustic pathways composed of mandible, external mandibular fat and internal mandibular fat. Mandibular fat and mandible form a unique sound pathway. In addition, another pathway which is composed of external mandibular fat, pan bone and internal mandibular fat can lead the sound to propagate and finally arrive at hearing bones. The diversity of acoustic pathways is applicable to a range of frequencies from 30 to 120 kHz. The variability of acoustic pathways in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin shows the complexity of its biosonar system. The anatomy and simulation results can deepen our understanding of the mechanism of echolocation of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin and provide references for designing man-made sound reception devices.
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Keywords:
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin /
- sound reception /
- bioacoustics /
- acoustic fat
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图 1 (a) 中华白海豚头部三维重建; (b) 中华白海豚声接收系统水平截面; (c) 中华白海豚声接收系统垂直系统
Figure 1. (a) Reconstruction of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin head in three dimensions; (b) sound reception system in horizontal plane; (c) sound reception system in vertical plane.
图 2 中华海豚头部声接收系统不同截面的声速、密度分布 (a) 水平截面(xz)声速分布; (b) 垂直截面(yz)声速分布; (c) 水平截面(xz)密度分布; (d) 垂直截面(yz)密度分布
Figure 2. Distributions of sound speed and density in different planes of reception system in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin: (a) Sound speed distribution in horizontal plane; (b) sound speed distribution in vertical plane; (c) density distribution in horizontal plane; (d) density distribution in vertical plane.
图 3 中华白海豚不同截面声接收模型网格划分 (a) 水平截面计算域; (b) 垂直截面计算域; (c) 头部水平截面声接收系统; (d) 头部垂直截面声接收系统
Figure 3. Meshing of sound reception models in different planes: (a) Computing domain in horizontal plane; (b) computing domain in vertical plane; (c) sound reception system in horizontal plane; (d) sound reception system in vertical plane.
图 4 无指向性声源0°入射中华白海豚不同截面的声波传播 (a)水平截面; (b)垂直截面
Figure 4. Propagation plots of an omnidirectional short-duration impulse source with an incident angle of 0° in different sections: (a) Horizontal section; (b) vertical section.
图 5 无指向性声脉冲从不同角度入射中华白海豚声接收系统水平截面的传播细节 (a) 30°; (b) 15°; (c) –15°; (d) –30°
Figure 5. Propagation plots of four omnidirectional short-duration impulse sources in horizontal section from different incident angles: (a) 30°; (b) 15°; (c) –15°; (d) –30°.
图 6 无指向性声脉冲从不同角度入射中华白海豚声接收系统垂直截面的传播细节 (a) 30°; (b) 15°; (c) –15°; (d) –30°
Figure 6. Propagation plots of four omnidirectional short-duration impulse sources in vertical section from different incident angles: (a) 30°; (b) 15°; (c) –15°; (d) –30°.
图 7 无指向性的单频声波从0°入射中华白海豚声接收系统不同截面的稳态声场 水平截面: (a) 30 kHz, (b) 60 kHz, (c) 120 kHz; 垂直截面: (d) 30 kHz, (e) 60 kHz, (f) 120 kHz
Figure 7. The sound field of omnidirectional single-frequency sound waves with an incident angle of 0° in different sections directionless single-frequency sound waves. Horizontal section: (a) 30 kHz, (b) 60 kHz, (c) 120 kHz; vertical section: (d) 30 kHz, (e) 60 kHz, (f) 120 kHz.
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[1] Au W W L 1993 The Sonar of Dolphins (New York: Springer-Verlag) pp1−21
[2] Jefferson T A, Hung S K 2004 Aquat. Mamm. 30 149
Google Scholar
[3] Van Parijs S M, Corkeron P J 2001 J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U. K. 81 533
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Wang X Y, Miao X, Wu F X, Yan C X, Liu W H, Zhu Q 2012 J. Oceanogr. Taiwan Strait 31 225
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Liu W H, Huang Z G 2000 Acta Oceanolog. Sin. 22 95
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[17] Purves P E 1996 Anatomy and Physiology of the Outer and Middle Ear in Cetaceans In Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises (Berkeley: University of California Press) pp321−380
[18] Norris K S 1968 The Evolution of Acoustic Mechanisms in Odontocete Cetaceans in Evolution and Environment (New Haven: Yale University Press) pp297−324
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Wang D, Wang K X, Liu R J, Chen P X, Shen G, Wang Z F, Lu W X, Yang S Z 1989 Nat. Sci. J. Xiangtan Univ. 2 116
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Xiao Y F, Wang D, Wang K X 1993 Acta Oceanolog. Sin. 15 125
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Wang D, Wang K X, Liu R J, Shen G, Lu W X 1988 J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Tech. 3 55
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Google Scholar
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