Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1765, 2013, Pages

  Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^a   Southall, Brandon L ^b,c   DeRuiter, Stacy L ⁱ   Calambokidis, John ^a   Friedlaender, Ari S ^b,c,d   Hazen, Elliott L ^c,d,e   Falcone, Erin A ^a   Schorr, Gregory S ^a   Douglas, Annie ^a   Moretti, David J ^f   Kyburg, Chris ^g   McKenna, Megan F ^h   Tyack, Peter L ⁱ  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^g Naval Command   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio logging; Blue whale; Foraging; Military sonar; Sensory ecology; Underwater noise

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEEP-SEA FISHERY; DISPLACEMENT; FITNESS; HEALTH IMPACT; PREY CAPTURE; SONAR; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI;

ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BALAENOPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER; SOUND; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BALAENOPTERA; CALIFORNIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOUND; SWIMMING;

EID: 84894701397     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0657     Document Type: Article

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