Quantifying Loss of Acoustic Communication Space for Right Whales in and around a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 983-994

  Hatch, Leila T ^a   Clark, Christopher W ^b   Van Parijs, Sofie M ^c   Frankel, Adam S ^d   Ponirakis, Dimitri W ^b  

^a NOAA National Ocean Service   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Marine Acoustics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Marine protected area; Marine spatial planning; Underwater noise

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE PARK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL PLANNING; UNDERWATER NOISE; WHALE; WIND VELOCITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEASON; SHIP; UNITED STATES; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MASSACHUSETTS; NOISE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SHIPS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

MASSACHUSETTS; STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 84868640591     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01908.x     Document Type: Article

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