Reactions of captive harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) to pinger-like sounds

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-260

  Teilmann, Jonas ^a,b   Tougaard, Jakob ^a,b   Miller, Lee A ^a   Kirketerp, Tim ^a   Hansen, Kirstin ^c   Brando, Sabrina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c IT Department ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic alarm; Behavior; Bycatch; Datalogger; Echolocation; Habituation; Harbor porpoise; Heart rate; Phocoena phocoena; Pinger; Swimming; TDR

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ECHOLOCATION; PORPOISE;

ANIMALIA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33645289736     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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