Sonar-induced temporary hearing loss in dolphins

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-567

  Aran Mooney, T ^a,b,c   Nachtigall, Paul E ^a,b   Vlachos, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a University of Hawaii Windward Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Marine mammal; Navy; Noise; Stranding; Threshold shift

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; HEARING; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SONAR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING LOSS; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 67749147212     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0099     Document Type: Article

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