ABSTRACT 1 Since the last thorough review of the effects of anthropogenic noise on
cetaceans in 1995, a substantial number of research reports has been published and our …

No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN
Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial …

Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Acoustic masking from anthropogenic noise is increasingly being considered as a threat to
marine mammals, particularly low-frequency specialists such as baleen whales. Low …

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 …

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 …

Ocean noise pollution is of special concern for cetaceans, as they are highly dependent on
sound as their principal sense. Sound travels very efficiently underwater, so the potential …

The world's oceans are undergoing profound changes as a result of human activities.
However, the consequences of escalating human impacts on marine mammal biodiversity …

Beaked whales have mass stranded during some naval sonar exercises, but the cause is
unknown. They are difficult to sight but can reliably be detected by listening for echolocation …