Marine Mammals
Abstract
The goal of the Marine Mammals and Biology activity focus is to better understand and characterize the effects of underwater sounds produced by Navy acoustic sources on marine mammals. Studies address characterizing marine mammal and their ecosystems, quantifying effects of sound exposure on marine mammals, and improving the ability to monitoring and detect marine mammals in the open ocean. Research results supports Navy environmental compliance information needs and facilitates acquiring Letter of Authorizations from NOAA regulators that enable all Navy training and testing operations, and the development of appropriate state-of-the-art mitigation measures. The marine mammals research conducted in this Program Element (PE) represents part of a total effort executed in coordination with complementary research performed in PE 0602435N Ocean Warfighting Environment Applied Research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- cc7fe9d2841bfca35664ff4e629edc42