Walter MX Zimmer
Lerici (ITA)
Eilsbrunn (DEU)

Welcome to Walter's list of publications



    Text book
      Zimmer W.M.X. (2011) Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cetaceans. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 366 pages.

    Peer reviewed publications
      14. Zimmer W.M.X. (2013). "Range estimation of cetaceans with compact volumetric arrays", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 2610 - 2618.

      13. DeRuiter SL, Southall BL, Calambokidis J, Zimmer WMX, Sadykova D, Falcone EA, Friedlaender AS, Joseph JE, Moretti D, Schorr GS, Thomas L, Tyack PL. (2013) "First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar." Biol Lett 9: 20130223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0223

      12. Tyack, P.L., Zimmer W.M.X., Moretti, D. Southall, B. L., Claridge, D. E., Durban, J. W., Clark., C. W., D'Amico, A., DiMarzio, N., Jarvis, S., McCarthy, E., Morrissey, R., Ward., J., and Boyd, I. L. (2011). "Beaked whales respond to simulated and actual Navy sonar". PLoS ONE 6(3): e17009, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017009

      11. Zimmer W. M. X., Harwood J., Tyack P. L., Johnson M. P., and Madsen P. T. (2008). "Passive acoustic detection of deep diving beaked whales," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124:2823 - 2832.

      10. Zimmer W. M. X., and Tyack P. L. (2007). "Repetitive Shallow Dives Pose Decompression Risk in Deep-Diving Beaked Whales," Marine Mammal Science 23:888-925.

      9. Teloni V., Zimmer W.M.X., Wahlberg M., and Madsen P.T. (2007). "Consistent acoustic size estimation of sperm whales using clicks recorded from unknown aspects," J. Cetacean Res. Manage, 9:127 - 136.

      8. Johnson M, Madsen PT, Zimmer WMX, Aguilar de Soto N, and Tyack PL(2006). "Foraging Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) produce distinct click types matched to different phases of echolocation," J. Exp. Biol. 209: 5038-5050.

      7. Zimmer W.M.X., Madsen P.T., Teloni V., Johnson M., Tyack P. (2005). "Off-axis effects on the multi-pulse structure of sperm whale usual clicks with implications for sound production," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118(5): 3337-3345.

      6. Zimmer, W.M.X., Johnson M., Madsen P.T. and Tyack P.T., (2005) "Click characteristics of free-ranging Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117(6): 3919-3927.

      5. Teloni V., Zimmer W. M. X. and Tyack P.L. (2005). Sperm whale trumpet sounds. Bioacoustics 15: 163-174.

      4. Madsen P.T., Johnson M., Aguilar DeSoto N., Zimmer W.M.X, and Tyack P. (2005), "Biosonar performance of foraging beaked whales, Mesoplodon densirostris." J. Exp. Biol.. 208: 181-194.

      3. Zimmer, W.M.X, Tyack, P.L., Johnson, M., and Madsen, P.T.(2005), "Three-dimensional beam pattern of regular sperm whale clicks confirms bent-horn hypothesis" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117(3): 1473-1485.

      2. Johnson, M.P., Madsen, P.T., Zimmer, W.M.Z., Aguilar de Soto, N., and Tyack, P.T. (2004) "Beaked whales echolocate on prey" Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Letters.DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0208

      1. Zimmer W.M.X., Johnson M.P., D'Amico A. and Tyack P.L. (2003), "Combining data from multi-sensor tag and passive Sonar to determine the diving behavior of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), IEEE J. Oceanic. Eng., 28, 13-28.