The Effects of Behavioral Change in Response to Acoustic Disturbance on the Health of the Population of Blainville's Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in the Tongue of the Ocean

Abstract

The objective of this effort is to provide a model framework and initial estimate of the population level effect of sonar on Blainville s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) hereafter Md, in the Bahamas. It builds on the results from ongoing programs including the Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Ranges (M3R), the Behavioral Response Study (BRS), Density Estimation for Cetaceans (DECAF), Bahamas Beaked Whale Ecology Study (BBES), Linking Acoustic Tests and Tagging using statistical Estimation (LATTE), and will adapt the methodology developed by the Marine Mammal Commission (New, Moretti, David J., Hooker, Sascha K., & Simmons, Samantha E.) in coordination with the ONR Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance (PCAD) Working Group.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA573669

Entities

People

  • David J. Moretti
  • Diane Claridge
  • John Harwood
  • Len Thomas

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustics
  • Active Sonar
  • Animals
  • Cetaceans
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Hydrophones
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Oceans
  • Odontocetes
  • Repetition Rate
  • Statistical Estimation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tongue Of The Ocean

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Military History