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

• Main Author: Miller, Patrick
• Other Authors: SAINT ANDREWS UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM) GATTY MARINE LABORATORY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Acoustic Detection and Detectors; Marine Engineering; Naval Surface Warfare; Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare; *MARINE BIOLOGY; *CETACEA; *SONAR; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; *MORTALITY RATE; *FREQUENCY; INSTRUCTIONS; RESPONSE(BIOLOGY); NORWAY; HABITATS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NAVAL EQUIPMENT; LEGISLATION; BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC); SONAR SIGNALS; AQUATIC ANIMALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WHALES; WASHINGTON(STATE); OVERLAP; BEHAVIOR; SAFETY; IMAGES; RESPONSE; PROFILES; UNITED KINGDOM; POPULATION; *KILLER WHALES; *ORCINUS ORCA; *SURTASSLFA(SURVEILLANCE TOWED ARRAY SENSOR SYSTEM LOW FREQUENCY ACTIVE); FOREIGN REPORTS; USS SHOUP VESSEL; VESTFJORD BASIN; HARO STRAIT; FESA(FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT); SURTASSLFA SONAR; FREE RANGING; FLOTEX; SMRU(SEA MAMMAL RESEARCH UNIT); IMR(INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH); AUTEC(ATLANTIC UNDERSEA TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER); Haro; Norway; Vestfjord; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA505653; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA505653

Data on the responsiveness of free-ranging cetaceans to mid-frequency sonar signals are lacking, with only a few species having been studied in relation to a few types of sonar signals, mostly SURTASSLFA. This specific project was initially motivated by observations of possible killer whale (Orcinus...