Seasonal presence of cetaceans and ambient noise levels in polar waters of the North Atlantic

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Klinck, Holger ^a   Nieukirk, Sharon L ^a   Mellinger, David K ^a   Klinck, Karolin ^a   Matsumoto, Haruyoshi ^a   Dziak, Robert P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; HUMAN USE; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; POLAR WATERS; SEISMIC AIRGUNS; SPERM WHALES; SUMMER MONTHS;

SEA ICE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALAENOPTERA; CETACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIN WHALE; INDUSTRY; NOISE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUND DETECTION; SPERM WHALE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALAENOPTERA; CETACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIN WHALE; INDUSTRY; NOISE; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; SEASONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPERM WHALE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WATER;

EID: 84866274873     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4740226     Document Type: Article

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