Dive Distribution and Group Size Parameters for Marine Species Occurring in Navy Training and Testing Areas in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans

One important element of Phase II environmental planning is the acoustic effects analysis executed with the Navy Acoustic Exposure Model (NAEMO) software. NAEMO was developed to explore possible exposure of anthropogenic sound on marine animals, combining established acoustic propagation modeling wi...

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Main Authors: Watwood, Stephanie L, Buonantony, Danielle M
Other Authors: NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIV NEWPORT RI
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Ecology
Biological Oceanography
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
Acoustics
Noise Pollution and Control
*AQUATIC ANIMALS
*NAVAL TRAINING
*UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
BEHAVIOR
CETACEA
MANMADE
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
TURTLES
DIVE DISTRIBUTION
GROUP SIZE
MARINE MAMMALS
SEA TURTLES
NAEMO(NAVY ACOUSTIC EFFECTS MODEL)
PHASE II
AFTT(ATLANTIC FLEET TRAINING AND TESTING)
HSTT(HAWAII-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAINING AND TESTING)
MITT(MARIANA ISLANDS TRAINING AND TESTING)
NWTT(NORTHWEST TRAINING AND TESTING)
GOA
MED
UNDERWATER ANTHROPOGENIC SOUNDS
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
North Atlantic
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA560975
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA560975
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Summary:One important element of Phase II environmental planning is the acoustic effects analysis executed with the Navy Acoustic Exposure Model (NAEMO) software. NAEMO was developed to explore possible exposure of anthropogenic sound on marine animals, combining established acoustic propagation modeling with data regarding the distribution and abundance of marine species. This report recommends species-typical static depth distributions and group size information for all marine mammal and sea turtle species that occur in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT), Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT), Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT), and Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT) Study Areas that will be modeled using NAEMO for Phase II analyses. Additionally, group size information is presented for species occurring in the AFTT, HSTT, NWTT, Mediterranean Training and Testing (MED), and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Study Areas. In total, data are presented for 54 cetacean, 12 pinniped, one mustelid, one sirenian, and six sea turtle species. Prepared in collaboration with Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic. The original document contains color images.

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