Effects of noise levels and call types on the source levels of killer whale calls

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3100-3106

  Holt, Marla M ^a   Noren, Dawn P ^a   Emmons, Candice K ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPACES; BACKGROUND NOISE; CALL TYPES; COMMUNICATION SPACES; KILLER WHALE; MARINE MAMMALS; MASKING NOISE; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE LEVELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SOUND EXPOSURE; SOURCE LEVEL; VOCAL BEHAVIOR;

COMMUNICATION; NOISE POLLUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MAMMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEARING; KILLER WHALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHIP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TRAFFIC NOISE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEASONS; SHIPS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 81355153912     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3641446     Document Type: Article

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