Behavioral Response to Blue Whales to Active Signals

• Main Authors: Omb No, Pe N, An Dn, Author(s Wu St, A. Aburto, D. J. Rountry, J. L. Danzer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: baleen whales
• 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

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.