A software workbench for estimating the effects of cumulative sound exposure in marine mammals

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-21

  Shyu, Haw Jye ^a   Hillson, Roger ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Effects of Sound on the Marine Environment (ESME); Geoacoustic parameters; Marine mammal diving behavior; Ocean acoustics; Oceanography; Temporary threshold shift (TTS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC TIME SERIES; MARINE MAMMAL; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 33745587294     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2006.872209     Document Type: Article

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