Interactions Among Behavioral Responses of Baleen Whales to Acoustic Stimuli, Oceanographic Features, and Prey Availability

The current project obtained basic distribution and density information for prey concurrent with foraging mysticete cetaceans during behavioral response studies. This information on prey will be used to provide insight regarding the movement patterns and foraging behaviors of the whales, and will he...

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Main Author: Friedlaender, Ari
Other Authors: SOUTHALL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES INC APTOS CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Biology
Anatomy and Physiology
Ecology
Acoustics
*BEHAVIOR
*EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
*FEEDING
*PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
*UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
*UNDERWATER SOUND
*WHALES
CALIFORNIA
COASTAL REGIONS
DIVING
MEASUREMENT
PLANKTON
RESPONSE(BIOLOGY)
SAMPLING
SONAR
*BALEEN WHALES
*SOUND EXPOSURE
*FORAGING BEHAVIOR
*PREY DISTRIBUTION
*PREY ABUNDANCE
PREY DENSITY
HUMAN SOUNDS
ANTHROPOGENIC SOUNDS
MILITARY SONAR
DIVING BEHAVIOR
KRILL
CONTROLLED EXPOSURE EXPERIMENTS
PREY SAMPLING
FORAGING ECOLOGY
baleen whales
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA599983
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Summary:The current project obtained basic distribution and density information for prey concurrent with foraging mysticete cetaceans during behavioral response studies. This information on prey will be used to provide insight regarding the movement patterns and foraging behaviors of the whales, and will help to elucidate how changes in whale behavior can be accounted for by changes in the distribution and abundance of their prey and/or by the presence of human sounds.

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