Beaked whale strandings and naval exercises

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 452-472

  D'Amico, Angela ^a   Gisiner, Robert C ^b   Ketten, Darlene R ^c,d   Hammock, Jennifer A ^e   Johnson, Chip ^a   Tyack, Peter L ^c   Mead, James ^f,g  

^a Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaked whale; Mass stranding event; MFAS; Mid frequency active sonar; Navy sonar; Stranding event; Ziphiidae

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; RISK FACTOR; SONAR; STRANDING; TRACKING; WHALE;

CETACEA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 77951757351     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.4.2009.452     Document Type: Article

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