Effect of two levels of masking noise on the hearing threshold of a harbor porpoise (phocoena phocoena) for a 4.0 kHz signal

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-425

  Kastelein, Ronald A ^a   Wensveen, Paul J ^a  

^a Sea Mammal Research Company SEAMARCO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Critical ratio; Harbor porpoise; Hearing; Masking; Odontocetes; Phocoena phocoena

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HEARING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PORPOISE; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALIA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 70349140318     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.4.2008.420     Document Type: Article

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