High frequency components of ship noise in shallow water with a discussion of implications for harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1640-1653

  Hermannsen, Line ^a   Beedholm, Kristian ^a   Tougaard, Jakob ^a   Madsen, Peter T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; AUTOMATION; MAMMALS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE; LOW-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; RECORDING SYSTEMS;

SHIPS;

WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEARING; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEARING; MOTION; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PHOCOENA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 84907867871     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: 15208524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4893908     Document Type: Article

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