The influence of 70 and 120 kHz tonal signals on the behavior of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in a floating pen

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Kastelein, Ronald A ^a   Verboom, Willem C ^b   Jennings, Nancy ^c   de Haan, Dick ^d   van der Heul, Sander ^a  

^a Sea Mammal Research Company SEAMARCO   (Netherlands)

^b Acoustic Consultancy ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Dotmoth   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustic alarm; Avoidance threshold level; Bycatch; Dolphin; Fisheries; Fishing; Nets; Odontocete; Pinger; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; HARD FACING; MAMMALS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SONOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRASONICS;

DUTY CYCLES; HARBOR PORPOISES; LOW-FREQUENCY SOUNDS; MARINE FAUNA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PULSE DURATION (PD); PULSE INTERVAL; RESPIRATION RATES; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL); SOUND SOURCES; SOURCE LEVELS; SURFACINGS; UNDERWATER SIGNALS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HARBOR; PORPOISE; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREATHING RATE; CATCH SELECTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET FISHERY; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PORPOISE; PULSE RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; PHOCOENA; ULTRASONICS;

ANIMALIA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 48349087121     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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