Communicating amidst the noise: modeling the aggregate influence of ambient and vessel noise on baleen whale communication space in a national marine sanctuary

Anthropogenic noise negatively impacts many species. One of the more insidious effects of elevated noise levels is the reduction in area over which animals are able to acoustically communicate, often termed communication masking. This study utilizes modeling approaches to evaluate relative levels of...

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Main Authors: Cholewiak, D, Clark, CW, Ponirakis, D, Frankel, A, Hatch, LT, Risch, D, Stanistreet, JE, Thompson, M, Vu, E, Van Parijs, SM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2018-05-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v36/p59-75/