Impact of air gun noise on the behaviour of marine fish and squid

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 984-993

  Fewtrell, J L ^a   McCauley, R D ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airgun; Behaviour; Fish; Noise; Squid

Indexed keywords

AIR GUNS; BEHAVIOUR; MARINE FISH; NOISE; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE LEVELS; WATER COLUMNS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

NOISE POLLUTION; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS;

FISH;

AIR GUN; CEPHALOPOD; FISH; NOISE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; WATER COLUMN;

AIR GUN; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARGUS AURATUS; PSEUDOCARANX DENTEX; SEPIOTEUTHIS AUSTRALIS; SQUID;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECAPODIFORMES; FIREARMS; FISHES; NOISE; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 84860344218     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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