First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Deruiter, Stacy L ^a   Southall, Brandon L ^b,c,d   Calambokidis, John ^e   Zimmer, Walter M X ^f   Sadykova, Dinara ^a   Falcone, Erin A ^e   Friedlaender, Ari S ^b,c,d   Joseph, John E ^g   Moretti, David ^a,h   Schorr, Gregory S ^e   Thomas, Len ^a   Tyack, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^f NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^h NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic disturbance; Anthropogenic noise; Avoidance response; Mid frequency active sonar; Military; Ziphius cavirostris

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; AVOIDANCE REACTION; DISTURBANCE; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MOVEMENT; NAVAL APPLICATION; NOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SONAR; STRANDING; SWIMMING; WHALE;

ACOUSTIC DISTURBANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; MID-FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WHALE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

ACOUSTIC DISTURBANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE; AVOIDANCE RESPONSE; MID-FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR; MILITARY; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ECHOLOCATION; NOISE; SWIMMING; WHALES;

EID: 84880832292     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0223     Document Type: Article

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