Assessment of Acoustic Adaptations for Noise Compensation in Marine Mammals

Abstract

The proposed research will address the fundamental theoretical issue of noise compensation mechanisms in the vocal communication of marine mammals. Noise compensation mechanisms are important for improving signal transmission with an energy limited source. A better understanding of marine mammal noise compensation mechanisms can potentially provide effective means of improving signal transmission in a noisy marine environment and for assessing the impact of manmade sounds on the use of sound by marine mammals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA573678

Entities

People

  • Susan E. Parks

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ambient Noise
  • Amplitude
  • Animals
  • Background Noise
  • Compensation
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Habitats
  • Hypotheses
  • Literature Surveys
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Noise
  • Universities
  • Vocalization
  • Whales

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Marine Mammal Biology