Noise impacts on social sound production by foraging humpback whales

• Published in: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,
• Main Authors: Parks, Susan E., Cusano, Dana A., Bocconcelli, Alessandro, Friedlaender, Ari S., Wiley, David N.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Acoustical Society of America 2016
• Subjects: 3102 Acoustics and Ultrasonics; Lone; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1e12f9e

The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, located in an urbanized coastal area off the coast of Massachusetts in the United States, serves as an important foraging habitat for North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). During the summer , large numbers of vessels are present in th...