Changes in dive behavior during naval sonar exposure in killer whales, long-finned pilot whales, and sperm whales

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 OCT, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sivle, L D ^a   Kvadsheim, P H ^b   Fahlman, A ^c,d   Lam, F P A ^e   Tyack, P L ^c,f   Miller, P J O ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Texas AandM Corpus Christi ^*  (United States)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dive; Marine mammal; Sonar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870874868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00400     Document Type: Article

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