Behavioral responses of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to playbacks of broadband pile driving sounds

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 206-214

  Kastelein, Ronald A ^a   van Heerden, Dorianne ^a   Gransier, Robin ^a   Hoek, Lean ^a  

^a Sea Mammal Research Company SEAMARCO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Behavior; Coastal waters; Conservation; Disturbance; Habitat; Mammals; Marine ecology; Noise; Odontocete; Offshore

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

BEHAVIOR; COASTAL WATERS; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT; MARINE ECOLOGY; NOISE; ODONTOCETE; OFFSHORE;

PILE DRIVING;

ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COASTAL WATER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT TYPE; NOISE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PILE DRIVING; PORPOISE; SOUND PROPAGATION; WIND TURBINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; PORPOISE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIOR; COASTAL WATERS; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT; MAMMALS; MARINE ECOLOGY; NOISE; ODONTOCETE; OFFSHORE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; NOISE; NORTH SEA; PHOCOENA; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84887260018     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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