Marine mammals and anthropogenic sound

2012/01/01 by John A. Hildebrand · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Acoustics #Ambient noise level #Bioacoustics #Computer science #Environmental science #Geology #Marine animal studies overview #Marine life #Noise (video) #Oceanography #Physics #Sonar #Sound (geography) #Underwater #Underwater Acoustics Research #Underwater acoustic communication

paper · doi:10.1145/2398936.2398949

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Abstract

There is growing concern that sound introduced into the sea by human activities has detrimental effects on marine mammals. Evidene suggests that high-intensity anthropogenic sound from sonar leads to strandings of beaked whales, although the mechanisms of injury in these events remains unresolved. A more pervasive problem is the effect of increased noise levels from increased commercial shipping. Acoustic communication networks are an emerging source of underwater noise at mid-and high-frequencies.

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