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Estimating spatial, temporal and individual variability in dolphin cumulative exposure to boat traffic using spatially explicit capture- recapture methods.

2015
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Animal Conservation

Pirotta, E., Thompson, P.M., Cheney, B., Donovan, C.R. and Lusseau, D.

Appropriate management of the effects of human activities on animal populations requires quantification of the rate at which animals encounter stressors. Such activities are heterogeneously distributed...
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Keywords: Boat traffic, Dolphin

Investigation of the potential for vascular bubble formation in a repetitively diving dolphin

2009
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

The Journal of Experimental Biology

Houser, D., Dankiewicz-Talmadge, L., Stockard, T. and Ponganis, P

The production of venous gas emboli (VGE) resulting from altered dive behavior is postulated as contributing to the stranding of beaked whales exposed to mid-frequency active...
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Keywords: Bubble emboli, Diving, Dolphin, Ultrasound

Acoustic monitoring of coastal dolphins and their response to naval mine neutralization exercises

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Royal Society Open Science

Lammers, M. O., Howe, M., Zang, E., McElligott, M., Engelhaupt, A. and Munger, L.

To investigate the potential impacts of naval mine neutralization exercises (MINEX) on odontocete cetaceans, a long-term passive acoustic monitoring study was conducted at a US Navy...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic sound, Behavioural response, Dolphin, Navy, Passive acoustic monitoring

Effects of vibratory pile driver noise on echolocation and vigilance in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

2018
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Branstetter, B. K., Bowman, V. F., Hose, D. S., Tormey, M., Banks, P., Finneran, J. J. and Jenkins, K.

Vibratory pile drivers, used for marine construction, can produce sustained, high sound pressure levels (SPLs) in areas that overlap with dolphin habitats. Dolphins rely on echolocation...
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Keywords: Dolphin, Echolocation, Pile driver

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Cetacea: Delphinidae).

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Mammalian Species

Galatius, A. and Kinze, C.C.,

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846a) is a delphinid commonly called the white-beaked dolphin. A robustly built dolphin with black, white, and gray coloration, it has a whitish...
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Keywords: Cetacean, Continental shelf, Dolphin, North Atlantic, Subarctic waters, Temperate waters, White-beaked dolphin

Dolphins Adjust Species-Specific Frequency Parameters to Compensate for Increasing Background Noise

2015
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Papale, E., Gamba, M., Perez-Gil, M., Martel Martin, V. and Giacoma, C.

An increase in ocean noise levels could interfere with acoustic communication of marine mammals. In this study we explored the effects of anthropogenic and natural noise...
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Keywords: Background noise, Dolphin, Whistle