TY - BOOK
TI - Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals
AU - National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC)
AB - For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The possibility that human-generated noise could harm marine mammals or significantly interfere with their normal activities is an issue of increasing concern. Noise and its potential impacts have been regulated since the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. Public awareness of the issue escalated in 1990s when researchers began using high-intensity sound to measure ocean climate changes. More recently, the stranding of beaked whales in proximity to Navy sonar use has again put the issue in the spotlight.
CY - Washington, DC
DA - 2003/01//
PY - 2003
SP - 220
PB - The National Academies Press
UR - https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10564/ocean-noise-and-marine-mammals
LA - English
KW - Noise
KW - Marine Mammals
ER -