ArticleThe Journal of experimental biology2020
When the noise goes on: received sound energy predicts sperm whale responses to both intermittent and continuous navy sonar.
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- Assessment of goose-beaked whale responses to mid-frequency active sonar using a hierarchical hidden Markov model.Movement ecology · 2026Article
- Aversive behavioural responses of killer whales to sounds of long-finned pilot whales.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Migration to breeding areas by male sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus from the Northeast Atlantic Arctic.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A sampling, exposure and receptor framework for identifying factors that modulate behavioural responses to disturbance in cetaceans.The Journal of animal ecology · 2022Article
- Changes in the acoustic activity of beaked whales and sperm whales recorded during a naval training exercise off eastern Canada.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Modelling the impact of condition-dependent responses and lipid-store availability on the consequences of disturbance in a cetacean.Conservation physiology · 2022Article
- Context-dependent variability in the predicted daily energetic costs of disturbance for blue whales.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Anthropogenic noise sources range from intermittent to continuous, with seismic and navy sonar technology moving towards near-continuous transmissions. Continuous active sonar (CAS) may be used at a lower amplitude than traditional pulsed active sonar (PAS), but potentially with greater cumulative sound energy. We conducted at-sea experiments to contrast the effects of navy PAS versus CAS on sperm whale behaviour using animal-attached sound- and movement-recording tags (
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