Underwater Noise from Large Commercial Ships—International Collaboration for Noise Reduction

• Main Authors: Southall, Brandon L., Scholik‐Schlomer, Amy R., Hatch, Leila, Bergmann, Trisha, Jasny, Michael, Metcalf, Kathy, Weilgart, Lindy, Wright, Andrew J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Lanes; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118476406.emoe056; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2F9781118476406.emoe056; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118476406.emoe056

Abstract Ambient noise in broad areas of the ocean has increased significantly over the past half‐century from the introduction of tens of thousands of commercial ships continuously transiting the sea. Ship‐radiated noise is predominately low frequency (<1000 Hz) other than close to vessels, and...