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Quantitative measures of air-gun pulses recorded on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) using acoustic tags during controlled exposure experiments

2006
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Madsen, P. T., Johnson, M., Miller, P. J. O., Aguilar Soto, N., Lynch, J. and Tyack, P.

The widespread use of powerful, low-frequency air-gun pulses for seismic seabed exploration has raised concern about their potential negative effects on marine wildlife. Here, we quantify...
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Keywords: Airgun, Experiment, Gulf of Mexico, Sperm whale

Modeling acoustic propagation of Airgun arrays pulses recorded on tagged sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

2006
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

DeRuiter, S. L., Tyack, P. L., Lin, Y.-T., Newhall, A. E., Lynch, J. F. and Miller, P. J. O.

In 2002 and 2003, tagged sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) were experimentally exposed to airgun pulses in the Gulf of Mexico, with the tags providing acoustic recordings...
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Keywords: Airgun, Gulf of Mexico, PE model, Sperm whale