NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION HONOLULU HI INTERNATIONAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION CENTER
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Task 1: Blue Whales Behavioral Response Study The behavioral response of large whales to commercial shipping and other low-frequency anthropogenic sound is not well understood. The PCAD model (NRC 2005) for assessing sound impacts on marine mammals calls for studies on sound source characteristics and the behavioral impact of specific sources on individual animals. Our goal is to understand the vocal and behavioral response of individual blue whales to high-intensity ...