Effect on Ocean Noise: Nyepi, a Balinese Day of Silence

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Rob Williams, Christine Erbe, I Made Iwan Dewantama, Gede Hendrawan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Oceanography Society 2018
• Subjects: ocean noise; ocean acoustics; anthropogenic noise; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Bali; McCauley; Humpback Whale; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.207; https://doaj.org/article/4d8d0bbe1c254e95a38a483b5567888c

Taking advantage of a religious holiday called Nyepi that curtailed human activities for one day, we recorded acoustic noise levels for one week in shallow waters of a little-trafficked area west of Bali below the Denpasar airport flight path (Figure 1). Sound is as important to many marine organism...