Navy sonar and cetaceans: Just how much does the gun need to smoke before we act?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1248-1257

  Parsons, E C M ^a,b   Dolman, Sarah J ^c,d   Wright, Andrew J ^e   Rose, Naomi A ^f   Burns, W C G ^g  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Leviathan Sciences   (United States)

^f Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

^g SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaked whales; Cetacean; Conservation; Sonar; Underwater noise

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; AVIATION MEDICINE; DETECTORS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES; CETACEANS (WHALES); DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS (DCS); DIVING BEHAVIOR; ELSEVIER (CO); HEARING LOSSES; INTERNATIONAL (CO); MID FREQUENCY; MILITARY EXERCISES; MITIGATION MEASURES; NAVAL EXERCISES; SONAR USE; SOUND LEVELS;

HEALTH;

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSERVATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; HEARING; LESION; PATHOLOGY; SONAR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNDERWATER NOISE; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CETACEA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING LOSS; NAVY; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; WHALE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CETACEA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MILITARY SCIENCE; SOUND;

CETACEA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 46449086355     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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