Diversity in ambient noise in European freshwater habitats: Noise levels, spectral profiles, and impact on fishes

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2559-2566

  Wysocki, Lidia Eva ^a   Amoser, Sonja ^a   Ladich, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLOW OF WATER; MARINE BIOLOGY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

AMBIENT NOISE; DETECTABILITY; HEARING ABILITIES; NOISE RECORDINGS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EUROPE; FISH; FLOW RATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; HEARING; LAKE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; SPECTRUM; WATER FLOW; WIND;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FISHES; NOISE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 34247859235     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2713661     Document Type: Article

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