Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) static acoustic monitoring: Laboratory detection thresholds of T-PODs are reflected in field sensitivity

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1085-1091

  Kyhn, Line A ^a,b   Tougaard, Jakob ^a   Teilmann, Jonas ^a   Wahlberg, Magnus ^b,c   Jørgensen, Poul B ^a   Bech, Nikolaj I ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Fjord and Baelt   (Denmark)

Author keywords

130 kHz click; Acoustics; Calibration methods; Cephalorhynchus; Comparability; Data logger; PAM; Passive acoustic monitoring; Porpoise; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PORPOISE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS; CETACEA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 51349116136     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000416     Document Type: Article

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