Ship noise extends to frequencies used for echolocation by endangered killer whales

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Scott Veirs, Val Veirs, Jason D. Wood
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016
• Subjects: Noise; Hydrophone; Killer whale; Orca; Odontocete; Marine mammal; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Haro; Killer Whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1657; https://doaj.org/article/250e6b680ba14f19bc7924e17dfe520e

Combining calibrated hydrophone measurements with vessel location data from the Automatic Identification System, we estimate underwater sound pressure levels for 1,582 unique ships that transited the core critical habitat of the endangered Southern Resident killer whales during 28 months between Mar...