Acoustic detection and localization of whales in bay of fundy and St. Lawrence estuary critical habitats

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-116

  Simard, Yvan ^a,b   Bahoura, Mohammed ^c   Roy, Nathalie ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROPHONES;

ACOUSTIC DETECTION; CRITICAL HABITATS; NOISE SPECTRAL SUPPRESSION; WHALES;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 3142671971     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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