Individual right whales call louder in increased environmental noise

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-35

  Parks, Susan E ^a   Johnson, Mark ^b   Nowacek, Douglas ^c   Tyack, Peter L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Animal signals; Noise; Right whale

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BIOMONITORING; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NOISE; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; AVES; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79551486107     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0451     Document Type: Article

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