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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