Responses of cetaceans to anthropogenic noise

Mammal Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-115

  Nowacek, Douglas P ^a   Thorne, Lesley H ^a,b   Johnston, David W ^c   Tyack, Peter L ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic deterrent; Acoustic harassment; Behaviour; Device; Exposure; Hearing; Man made; Marine mammals; Sound

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CETACEAN; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34250659737     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00104.x     Document Type: Review

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