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Sounds from an oil production island in the Beaufort Sea in summer: Characteristics and contribution of vessels

2005
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Blackwell, S. B. and Greene Jr., C. R.

The objective of this study was to determine the levels, characteristics, and range dependence of underwater and in-air sounds produced during the open-water seasons of 2000–2003...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Beaufort Sea

Reactions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, to drilling and dredging noise in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

1990
Pay-walled Journal Article

Marine Environmental Research

Richardson, W. J., Wursig, B. and Greene Jr., C. R.

Behavioural reactions of bowhead whales to seven 30–40 min underwater playbacks of recorded drillship and dredge noise were determined in 1982–1984. Some (but not all) bowheads...
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Keywords: Beaufort Sea, Behaviour, Bowhead whale, Driling

Drilling and operational sounds from an oil production island in the ice covered Beaufort Sea

2004
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Blackwell, S. B., Greene, C. R. and Richardson, W. B.

Recordings of sounds underwater and in air, and of iceborne vibrations, were obtained at Northstar Island, an artificial gravel island in the Beaufort Sea near Prudhoe...
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Keywords: Beaufort Sea, Drilling, Operations, Sound measurement

Characteristics of oil industry dredge and drilling sounds in the Beaufort Sea.

1987
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Greene, C. R.

As part of a general study of underwater industrial noises and their effects on bowhead whales, sounds from drilling and dredging operations were measured in the...
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Keywords: Beaufort Sea, Drilling sounds, Oil industry dredge

Behavioral responses affect distribution analyses of bowhead whales in the vicinity of seismic operations

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Robertson, F. C., Koski, W. R. and Trites, A. W.

Aerial surveys are sometimes used to assess the densities of wide-ranging whales, as well as changes in their distributions in response to human activity. Such surveys...
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Keywords: Alaska, Availability, Beaufort Sea, Behavior, Bowhead whale, Distance sampling, G(0), Generalized additive model, Seismic survey, Spatial models