A quieting ocean: Unintended consequence of a fluctuating economy

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McKenna, M F ^a   Katz, S L ^b   Wiggins, S M ^a   Ross, D ^c   Hildebrand, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^c Box 101 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SHIPPING; LONG TERM MONITORING; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; MARITIME TRAFFIC; NOISE LEVELS; OCEAN NOISE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SHIP TRAFFIC; SHIP TRANSITS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STATISTICAL MODELS; UNDERWATER SOUND; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

NOISE POLLUTION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; SEA; SHIP; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SHIPS; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84866288410     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4740225     Document Type: Article

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