Effect of level, duration, and inter-pulse interval of 1-2 kHz sonar signal exposures on harbor porpoise hearing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 412-422

  Kastelein, Ronald A ^a   Hoek, Lean ^a   Gransier, Robin ^a,b   Rambags, Martijn ^a   Claeys, Naomi ^a  

^a Sea Mammal Research Company   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EXPOSURE DURATIONS; HARBOR PORPOISE; HEARING THRESHOLD; LOW-FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR; SAFETY CRITERION; SOUND EXPOSURE LEVELS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TEMPORARY THRESHOLD SHIFTS;

AUDITION;

ACOUSTICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEARING; MALE; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND DETECTION; SWIMMING; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY FATIGUE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEARING; MALE; NOISE; PHOCOENA; PRESSURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904025899     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4883596     Document Type: Article

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