The effects of ship noise on marine mammals—a review

C Erbe, SA Marley, RP Schoeman, JN Smith… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The number of marine watercraft is on the rise—from private boats in coastal areas to
commercial ships crossing oceans. A concomitant increase in underwater noise has been …

A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife

G Shannon, MF McKenna, LM Angeloni… - Biological …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Global increases in environmental noise levels–arising from expansion of human
populations, transportation networks, and resource extraction–have catalysed a recent …

Measuring acoustic habitats

ND Merchant, KM Fristrup, MP Johnson… - Methods in Ecology …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many organisms depend on sound for communication, predator/prey detection and
navigation. The acoustic environment can therefore play an important role in ecosystem …

High rates of vessel noise disrupt foraging in wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

DM Wisniewska, M Johnson… - … of the Royal …, 2018‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ship** is the dominant marine anthropogenic noise source in the world's oceans, yet we
know little about vessel encounter rates, exposure levels and behavioural reactions for …

First Long-Term Behavioral Records from Cuvier's Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostris) Reveal Record-Breaking Dives

GS Schorr, EA Falcone, DJ Moretti, RD Andrews - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are known as extreme divers, though
behavioral data from this difficult-to-study species have been limited. They are also the …

Why whales are big but not bigger: physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants

JA Goldbogen, DE Cade, DM Wisniewska, J Potvin… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
The largest animals are marine filter feeders, but the underlying mechanism of their large
size remains unexplained. We measured feeding performance and prey quality to …

US Pacific marine mammal stock assessments, 2013

JV Carretta, EM Oleson, DW Weller, AR Lang… - 2014‏ - repository.library.noaa.gov
Under the 1994 amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are …

[HTML][HTML] Studying cetacean behaviour: new technological approaches and conservation applications

DP Nowacek, F Christiansen, L Bejder, JA Goldbogen… - Animal behaviour, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Technological advances provide new insights into marine mammal
behaviour.•We highlight four areas of technological advances.•Aerial systems …

Effects of noise on marine mammals

C Erbe, R Dunlop, S Dolman - Effects of anthropogenic noise on animals, 2018‏ - Springer
Marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea cows) use sound both actively and
passively to communicate and sense their environment, covering frequencies from a few …

A systematic review on the behavioural responses of wild marine mammals to noise: the disparity between science and policy

C Gomez, JW Lawson, AJ Wright… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Noise can cause marine mammals to interrupt their feeding, alter their vocalizations, or
leave important habitat, among other behavioural responses. The current North American …