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Effects of exposure to intermittent and continuous 6–7 kHz sonar sweeps on harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) hearing

2015
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Kastelein, R.A., Gransier, R., Schop, J., and Hoek, L.

Safety criteria for mid-frequency naval sonar sounds are needed to protect harbor porpoise hearing. A porpoise was exposed to sequences of one-second 6–7 kHz sonar down-sweeps,...
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Keywords: Exposure, Harbour porpoise, Sonar sweeps

Effect of level, duration, and inter-pulse interval of 1-2 kHz sonar signal exposures on harbor porpoise hearing

2014
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Kastelein, R.A., Hoek, L., Gransier, R., Rambags, M., and Claeys, N.

Safety criteria for underwater low-frequency active sonar sounds produced during naval exercises are needed to protect harbor porpoise hearing. As a first step toward defining criteria,...
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Keywords: Exposure, Harbour porpoise, Sonar sweeps