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The behavioural response of migrating humpback whales to a full seismic Airgun arrays

2017

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R. D., Kniest, E., Slade, R., Paton , D., Cato, D. H.

Despite concerns on the effects of noise from seismic survey airguns on marine organisms, there remains uncertainty as to the biological significance of any response. This...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Behavioural response study, Biological significance, Humpback whale, Seismic airgun

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