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A study of the behavioural response of whales to the noise of seismic air guns: Design, methods and progress

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Acoustics Australia

Cato, D., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., McCauley, R. et al.

The concern about the effects of the noise of human activities on marine mammals, particularly whales, has led to a substantial amount of research but there...
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Keywords: Air guns, Behavioural response, BRAHSS, Whales

Response of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to ramp-up of a small experimental air gun array.

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J., McCauley, R.D., Kniest, E. et al.

‘Ramp-up’, or ‘soft start’, is a mitigation measure used in seismic surveys and involves increasing the radiated sound level over 20–40 min. This study compared the...
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Keywords: Air guns, BRAHSS, Humpback whales, Response

Behavioral responses of humpback whales to seismic air guns

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

Cato, D., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., McCauley, R. et al.

A study of the response of humpback whales to seismic air guns is being conducted in Australian waters and two of four major experiments have been...
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Keywords: Air guns, Anthropogenic noise, Behavioural response, Humpback whales