Behavioral Responses of Odontocetes to Playback of Anthropogenic and Natural Sounds

Abstract

The long-term goal of this research project is to safely study responses of beaked whales to naval sounds in order to understand the causal chain of events leading from sound exposure to risks of stranding and to measure the exposure required to elicit responses that are safe but indicate potential for risk. The project is designed to provide critical information required to develop measures to protect beaked and other whales from risk of exposure to sonar and other sounds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531187

Entities

People

  • Peter Tyack

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Cetaceans
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Habitats
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Noise
  • Odontocetes
  • Playback
  • Sonar
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tongue Of The Ocean

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology