Fish avoidance of research vessels and the efficacy of noise-reduced vessels: A review

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-45

  De Robertis, Alex ^a   Handegard, Nils Olav ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

acoustic surveys; behaviour; noise reduced vessel; ship; underwater radiated noise; vessel avoidance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AUDITORY CUE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FISH; FISHERY SURVEY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH VESSEL; UNDERWATER NOISE;

EID: 84871181974     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss155     Document Type: Review

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