Impacts of Vessel Noise Perturbations on the Resident Sperm Whale Population in the Gulf of Mexico

• Other Authors: von Zharen, Wyndylyn, Wursig, Bernd, Peterson, Tarla, Randall, Robert
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Sperm whales; Acoustics; Gulf of Mexico; Anthropogenic noise; Shipping; management; regulations; Lanes; Orleans; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10888

The Gulf of Mexico is home to two of the world?s ten busiest ports by cargo volume, the Port of New Orleans and the Port of Houston; and in 2008, these ports hosted a combined 14,000 ships, a number which is likely only to increase. Past research shows that this increase in shipping worldwide has hi...