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Acoustic detectability of whales amidst underwater noise off the west coast of South Africa

2022
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Shabangu, F.W., Yemane, D., Best, G., Estabrook, B.J.

Quantitatively describe sources of underwater noise and effects of underwater noise on the acoustic detectability of Antarctic blue, fin, minke, humpback, and sperm whales off South...
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Keywords: Acoustic detection., Ambient noise, Blue whale, Fin whale, Humpback whale, Minke whale, Wind speed

Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Goldbogen J.A., Southall B.L., DeRuiter S.L., Calambokidis J., Friedlaender A.S., Hazen E.L., Falcone E.A., Schorr G.S., Douglass A., Moretti D.J., Kyburg C., McKenna M.F., Tyack P.L.

Mid-frequency military (1–10 kHz) sonars have been associated with lethal mass strandings of deep-diving toothed whales, but the effects on endangered baleen whale species are virtually...
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Keywords: Bio-logging, Blue whale, Foraging, Military sonar, Sensory ecology, Underwater noise

Blue Whales Respond to Anthropogenic Noise

2012
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Melcón , M. L., Cummins, A. J., Kerosky, S. M., Roche, L. K., Wiggins, S. M., Hildebrand, J. A.

Anthropogenic noise may significantly impact exposed marine mammals. This work studied the vocalization response of endangered blue whales to anthropogenic noise sources in the mid-frequency range...
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Keywords: Antropogenic noise, Blue whale, Passive acoustic monitoring, Song