Behavioral Response to Blue Whales to Active Signals
Maximum 200 words) The effects of low-frequency sound on marine mammals (particularly the baleen whales) are not well understood. Although baleen whales are known to produce low-frequency sounds, very little is known about their auditory sensitivity. This analysis studied the behavior of blue whales...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.15.4934 http://www.spawar.navy.mil/sti/publications/pubs/./tr/1746/tr1746.pdf |
Summary: | Maximum 200 words) The effects of low-frequency sound on marine mammals (particularly the baleen whales) are not well understood. Although baleen whales are known to produce low-frequency sounds, very little is known about their auditory sensitivity. This analysis studied the behavior of blue whales in the vicinity of a loud, low-frequency source by evaluating an available data set recorded during a Low Frequency Active (LFA) experiment. the received source levels at the whales were estimated from the known source levels and a Parabolic Equation (PE) propaga- tion model. |
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