Behavioral responses of herring (Clupea harengus) to 1-2 and 6-7 kHz sonar signals and killer whale feeding sounds

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 554-564

  Doksæter, Lise ^a   Rune Godø, Olav ^a   Olav Handegard, Nils ^a   Kvadsheim, Petter H ^b   Lam, Frans Peter A ^c   Donovan, Carl ^d   Miller, Patrick J O ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES; BLOCK DESIGNS; FREQUENCY RANGING; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; KILLER WHALE; SONAR SIGNALS; SONAR TRANSMISSIONS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL); SOURCE LEVELS;

FEEDING; FISHERIES; TRANSMISSIONS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SONAR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; SOUND; ULTRASONICS; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 58649106405     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3021301     Document Type: Article

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