Anthropogenic and natural sources of ambient noise in the ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 395, Issue , 2009, Pages 5-20

  Hildebrand, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Ocean ambient noise; Seismic exploration; Shipping; Sonar; Wave action

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACOUSTICS; BREAKING WAVE; BROWNIAN MOTION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; HYDROPHONE; OCEAN BASIN; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHIPPING; SONAR; VESSEL; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 73449099261     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08353     Document Type: Article

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