Shipping noise and whales: World tallest ocean liner vs largest animal on earth

OCEANS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Simard, Y ^a,b   Roy, N ^a   Gervaise, C ^c  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c ENSIETA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; HYDROPHONES; PULSE AMPLIFIERS;

LLOYD'S MIRROR; NOISE SPECTRUM; SHIP NOISE;

SHIPS;

EID: 50949123875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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