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Tolerance by ringed seals (Phoca hispida) to impact pipe-driving and construction sounds at an oil production island

2004
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Blackwell, S. B., Lawson, J. W. and Williams, M. T.

During June and July 2000, impact pipe-driving sounds at Northstar Island (Prudhoe Bay, Alaska) were recorded underwater and in air at distances 63–3000 m from the...
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Keywords: Acoustical properties, Audiometry, Bioacoustics of mammals

Marine mammals and noise: Problems with root mean square sound pressure levels for transients

2005
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Madsen, P. T.

Current mitigation levels for noise transients impinging on marine mammals are specified by rms pressures. The rms measure critically relies upon choosing the size of averaging...
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Keywords: Acoustical properties, Bioacoustics of mammals, Energy flux density