Study to determine whether dolphins would actively reduce hearing sensitivity in response to intense tones presented at fixed rate, but increasing level. results show dolphins can...
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Review of vessel impacts to cetacean behaviour in Australia. Findings show inadequate protections. The majority of these studies found trends of decreased animal travel and resting...
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Ambient sound characteristics analysed in shallow waters southwest of Hainan Island, China. Biological and anthropogenic sound sources including soniferous fishes, snapping shrimps, dolphins, ships, pile-driving activities,...
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Description of the development and application of a system for monitoring the three-dimensional movements of cetaceans in the immediate vicinity of a subsea structure. The system...
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Data collected by certified and trained PSOs during seismic surveys conducted between 2002–2015 is analysed to assess utility in assessing marine mammal responses to seismic noise...
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Research into dolphin swimming has historically been guided by false assumptions of ‘effortless’, ‘high-speed’ swimming. These assumptions have instigated the development of drag-reduction hypotheses but tests...
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Underwater bubbles can inhibit sound transmission through water due to density mismatch and concomitant reflection and absorption of sound waves. For the present study, a perforated...
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Mysticetes are a suborder of marine mammals that includes some of the largest species, such as fin, blue and humpback whales. These animals, commonly referred to...
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