Studies of 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 man-made sounds on the use of sound by marine mammals. The primary objective of this project is to test hypotheses regarding right whale vocal adjustment to compensate for noise with data from Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA598699

Entities

People

  • Susan E. Parks

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ambient Noise
  • Argentina
  • Biological Sciences
  • Compensation
  • Hypotheses
  • Information Operations
  • Low Noise
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Noise
  • Photographs
  • Recording Systems
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Marine Mammal Biology