Cetaceans and Naval Sonar: Behavioral Response as a Function of Sonar Frequency

• Main Author: Tyack, Peter L.
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Naval Surface Warfare; Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare; Acoustic Detection and Detectors; Miscellaneous Detection and Detectors; *CETACEA; *FREQUENCY; *RESPONSE(BIOLOGY); *BEHAVIOR; *NAVAL OPERATIONS; *SONAR; SOUND; SAFETY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MILITARY EXERCISES; NORWAY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; NAVAL EQUIPMENT; THRESHOLDS(PHYSIOLOGY); TRANSMITTING; SONAR SIGNALS; HEARING; FISHES; LABELED SUBSTANCES; AQUATIC ANIMALS; MARINE BIOLOGICAL NOISE; DEEP DIVING; WHALES; LIMITATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PILOTS; WATER; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; EXPOSURE(GENERAL); *LFAS(LOW FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR); *MFA(MID FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR); *HERRING(FISH); *KILLER WHALES; PILOT WHALES; MINKE WHALES; ODONTOCETES; VESTFJORD BASIN; FLOTEX NAVAL EXERCISE; DTAG(DIGITAL ARCHIVE TAGS); Norway; Vestfjord; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA505157; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA505157

This is an international cooperative research program to quantify the behavioral reactions of cetaceans and herring to controlled presentations of military sonar signals at 2 different frequencies (LFAS:1-2 kHz and MFAS:6-7 kHz), and relevant control sounds within Norwegian waters. The ultimate goal...