Propagation of narrow-band-high-frequency clicks: Measured and modeled transmission loss of porpoise-like clicks in porpoise habitats

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 560-567

  Deruiter, Stacy L ^a,b   Hansen, Michael ^c   Koopman, Heather N ^d,e   Westgate, Andrew J ^d,e   Tyack, Peter L ^b   Madsen, Peter T ^b,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; BIOSONAR; BY-CATCH; DENMARK; DETECT AND AVOID; DETECTION FUNCTIONS; DETECTION RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTS; FIELD DATA; FIRST-ORDER; HARBOR PORPOISE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MODEL PREDICTION; NARROW BANDS; PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING; RAY-TRACE; SEA FLOOR; SPEED PROFILE; TIME-SCALES; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; UNDERWATER AUDITION;

MAMMALS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENMARK; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PORPOISE; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CANADA; DENMARK; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOCOENA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75949119882     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3257203     Document Type: Article

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