Behavioural effects of naval sonars on fish and cetaceans

• Main Author: Doksæter, Lise
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2011
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; Engås; Lofoten; Morton; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Physeter macrocephalus; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/4733

Anthropogenic noise in the sea has increased during the past decades as a consequence of increased shipping traffic, oil and gas exploitation, and underwater construction work (Southall et al., 2007; Slabbekoorn et al., 2010). Such anthropogenic noise may affect marine animals by causing hearing inj...