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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958425703321

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

9786610173730

9780309133494

0309133491

9781280173738

1280173734

9780309546676

0309546672

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Attention has been drawn to the subject of how ocean noise affects marine mammals by a series of marine mammal strandings, lawsuits,



and legislative hearings, and most recently, the report from the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. One way to assess the impact of ocean noise is to consider whether it causes changes in animal behavior that are "biologically significant," that is, those that affect an animal's ability to grow, survive, and reproduce. This report offers a conceptual model designed to clarify which marine mammal behaviors are biologically significant for conservation purposes. The report is intended to help scientists and policymakers interpret provisions of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.