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EIA Database

Beaked whales respond to simulated and actual navy sonar

2011
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Tyack, P., Zimmer, W., Moretti, D., Southall, B. et al.

Beaked whales have mass stranded during some naval sonar exercises, but the cause is unknown. They are difficult to sight but can reliably be detected by...
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Keywords: Beaked whales, Echolocation, Sonar

Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii, exposed to simulated sonar.

2014
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Scientific Reports

Stimpert, A. K., DeRuiter, S. L., Southall, B. L., Moretti, D. J., Falcone, E. A., Goldbogen, J. A., Friedlaender, A., Schorr, G.S., & Calambokidis, J.

Beaked whales are hypothesized to be particularly sensitive to anthropogenic noise, based on previous strandings and limited experimental and observational data. However, few species have been...
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Keywords: Acoustic tag, Anthropogenic noise, Beaked whales, Behaviour, Simulated sonar

Assessing Beaked Whale Reproduction and Stress Response Relative to Sonar Activity at the Atlantic Undersea Test & Evaluation Center (AUTEC)

Open Access Report

Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation

Diane Claridge, Nick Kellar, John W. Durban

Atypical mass strandings and behavioral responses of beaked whales have been correlated with exposure to naval sonar (e.g. Simmonds and Lopez-Juraco 1991; Frantzis 1998; Evans and...
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Keywords: Beaked whales, Naval sonar