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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819774803321

Titolo

Marine mammal populations and ocean noise : determining when noise causes biologically significant effects / / Committee on Characterizing Biologically Significant Marine Mammal Behavior, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-13349-1

1-280-17373-4

9786610173730

0-309-54667-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

620.2/5

Soggetti

Marine mammals - Effect of noise on

Marine mammal populations

Underwater acoustics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current State of Knowledge of Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals -- 3 How to Get from Acoustic Disturbance to Population Effects -- 4 Rational Management with Incomplete Data -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies -- Appendix B Acronyms -- Appendix C Workshop Agenda and Participants List -- Appendix D Draft Conceptual Plan for Workshop Discussion -- Appendix E Scientific and Common Names.