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. 2021 Nov 12;11:22141. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01441-w

Table 2.

Summary of signal parameter measurements for beluga and narwhal echolocation for all 81 acoustic events (beluga: n = 19; narwhal: n = 62). Mean ± standard deviation (s.d.) and range (min–max) are provided.

Variable Unit Beluga Narwhal
Mean ± s.d. Range Mean ± s.d. Range
peak kHz 68.7 ± 10.1 54.4–96.7 43.7 ± 7.8 28.0–58.8
peak2 kHz 67.6 ± 7.9 50.9–89.5 49.3 ± 6.8 34.9–63.3
peak3 kHz 65.5 ± 10.7 43.0–86.4 46.1 ± 8.1 17.3–65.2
trough kHz 68.7 ± 8.9 51.3–90.4 48.2 ± 6.5 32.1–64.3
trough2 kHz 63.8 ± 9.4 42.4–77.4 44.2 ± 9.5 16.8–65.1
peakToPeak2 kHz 16.6 ± 2.4 13.3–24.0 19.4 ± 2.8 11.0–25.1
peakToPeak3 kHz 16.4 ± 2.4 11.6–22.2 15.3 ± 2.6 5.8–21.2
peak2ToPeak3 kHz 23.5 ± 3.1 17.2–31.4 19.4 ± 4.8 6.2–31.8
Q_10dB kHz 6.1 ± 4.7 1.7–16.0 3.3 ± 1.4 1.3–10.6
Q_3dB kHz 33.3 ± 24.7 8.8–93.6 15.0 ± 5.6 6.0–34.8
fmin_10dB kHz 53.1 ± 8.1 42.4–71.7 33.1 ± 5.5 22.2–51.3
fmin_3dB kHz 65.0 ± 9.7 50.1–88.1 40.5 ± 6.6 26.3–57.0
fmax_10dB kHz 87.4 ± 15.2 61.7–119.0 59.3 ± 13.8 33.9–90.0
fmax_3dB kHz 74.2 ± 12.4 54.3–103.3 47.1 ± 9.3 29.6–66.6
BW_10dB kHz 34.3 ± 15.9 9.3–65.5 26.2 ± 12.1 10.4–58.8
BW_3dB kHz 9.2 ± 6.9 0.9–25.3 6.5 ± 3.9 1.9–17.8
centerHz_10dB kHz 70.2 ± 9.2 53.1–93.6 46.2 ± 8.5 28.1–65.5
centerHz_3dB kHz 69.6 ± 10.6 52.2–95.7 43.8 ± 7.8 28.1–58.9
duration µs 659.7 ± 479.9 53.4–1487.0 592.9 ± 488.0 15.0–1667.1
ici ms 177.9 ± 174.6 2.9–696.5 143.5 ± 70.1 20.3–334.2