Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Pirotta, Enrico ^a   Brookes, Kate L ^a,b   Graham, Isla M ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Anthropogenic disturbance; Environmental impact assessment; Foraging efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HARBOR; NOISE POLLUTION; PORPOISE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; NOISE; PORPOISE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECHOLOCATION; NOISE; PHOCOENA;

EID: 84902199944     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1090     Document Type: Article

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