Marine Mammal Noise-Exposure Criteria: Initial Scientific Recommendations

A panel of experts from behavioral, physiological, and physical disciplines in acoustic research was convened to review the expanding literature on marine mammal (cetacean and pinniped) hearing and behavioral responses to sound and predict exposure levels above which adverse effects are expected. Tw...

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Published inBioacoustics (Berkhamsted) Vol. 17; no. 1-3; pp. 273 - 274
Main Authors Southall, B L, Bowles, A E, Ellison, W T, Finneran, J J, Gentry, R L, Greene, CR Jr, Kastak, D, Ketten, DR, Miller, J H, Nachtigall, P E, Richardson, W J, Thomas, JA, Tyack, P L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2008
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Cetacea
Marine
Pinnipedia
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Summary:A panel of experts from behavioral, physiological, and physical disciplines in acoustic research was convened to review the expanding literature on marine mammal (cetacean and pinniped) hearing and behavioral responses to sound and predict exposure levels above which adverse effects are expected. Two effect categories were considered: injury and behavioral disturbance. Proposed criteria for these effects were segregated according to categories of functional hearing types of major species groups and exposure types. The panel achieved many of its objectives but acknowledges limitations in the criteria because of sparseness or absence of critical data.
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ISSN:0952-4622
DOI:10.1080/09524622.2008.9753846