Title | Investigating sonar and whale strandings |
Publication Type | Magazine Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Nevala, Amy, E. [3] |
Magazine | Oceanus |
Volume | 47 |
Issue Number | 2 |
Pagination | 38-41 |
Date Published | 09/2009 |
Type of Article | Scientific |
Keywords | acoustic trauma [4], anthropogenic noise [5], dolphin stranding [6], marine mammal hearing [7], marine mammal stranding [8], navy sonar [9], underwater noise [10], whale stranding [11] |
Abstract | In 2000, several U.S. Navy destroyers used sonar in the Bahamas during routine training exercises. Within 36 hours, 17 animals—including 14 beaked whales, one of the world’s deepest-diving whale species—were found on three islands nearby. |
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[2] http://csi.whoi.edu/sites/default/files/literature/Full%20Text_39.pdf
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[17] http://csi.whoi.edu/category/biblio-keywords/navy-sonar
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[19] http://csi.whoi.edu/category/biblio-keywords/whale-stranding