Baseline Behavior of Pilot Whales and their Responses to Playback of Anthropogenic and Natural Sounds

Abstract

This project investigates the social ecology and baseline behavior of pilot whales, and their responses to anthropogenic and natural sounds. This project gathers data to help design and interpret controlled exposure experiments to pilot whales, with the ultimate goal of understanding responses to naval sonar and improving Navy environmental analyses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598670

Entities

People

  • Peter Tyack

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signals
  • Animals
  • Biology
  • Cameras
  • Cetaceans
  • Cohesion
  • Ecology
  • Fish
  • Gibraltar
  • Mammals
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Mammals
  • Odontocetes
  • Playback
  • Sonar
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Stereo Cameras

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology