Radiated noise from commercial ships in the Gulf of Maine: Implications for whale/vessel collisions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Allen, J Kaitlyn ^a   Peterson, Michael L ^a   Sharrard, George V ^b   Wright, Dana L ^b   Todd, Sean K ^c  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Policy and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; BROADBAND SOURCES; COMMERCIAL SHIPS; CRUISE SHIPS; GULF OF MAINE; HIGH-SPEED CRAFT; HYDROPHONE ARRAYS; NEAR-SURFACE; RADIATED NOISE; SHADOW ZONE; SHIP CLASS; SHIP DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; FISHING VESSELS; SAILING VESSELS;

SHIPS;

WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEA; SHIP; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRANSDUCER; WHALE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MOTION; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SHIPS; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS; WATER; WHALES;

EID: 84866297098     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4739251     Document Type: Article

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