Sounds from airguns and fin whales recorded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 1999-2009

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1102-1112

  Nieukirk, Sharon L ^a   Mellinger, David K ^a   Moore, Sue E ^b   Klinck, Karolin ^a   Dziak, Robert P ^a   Goslin, Jean ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR GUNS; AUTOMATIC DETECTION ALGORITHMS; CALLING RATE; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NORTHEAST BRAZIL; OIL AND GAS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC SURVEY VESSELS; SENEGAL; WEST AFRICA; WINTER MONTHS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FIN WHALE; GEOLOGY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FIN WHALE; GEOLOGY; NOISE; SEASONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84857396014     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3672648     Document Type: Review

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