Ocean noise and marine mammals /
For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The possibility that human-generated noise could harm marine mammals or significantly interfere with their no...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
2003
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| Series: | Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
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Table of Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Sources of Sound in the Ocean and Long-Term Trends in Ocean Noise""; ""3 Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals""; ""4 Modeling and Databases of Noise in the Marine Environment""; ""5 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix B Acronym List""; ""Appendix C Examples of Underwater Acoustics Noise Models""; ""Appendix D Research Recommendations from Previous NRC Reports (1994, 2000)""; ""Appendix E Glossary of Terms""
