Leila T. Hatch

TL;DR: An analytical paradigm to quantify changes in an animal's acoustic communication space as a result of spatial, spectral, and temporal changes in background noise is presented, providing a functional defini- tion of communication masking for free-ranging animals and a metric to quantify the potential for communicationmasking.

TL;DR: Noise produced by large commercial vessels was at levels and within frequencies that warrant concern among managers regarding the ability of endangered whales to maintain acoustic contact within greater sanctuary waters.

TL;DR: Wright et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the effect of noise exposure on marine mammals and concluded that noise acts as a stressor to marine mammals, and that repeated and prolonged exposure to stressors (including or induced by noise) will be problematic for marine mammals.

TL;DR: It is found that the extent and nature of the monitoring proposed and implemented appeared to reflect taxonomic biases that exist throughout the recovery process and were little influenced either by the level of understanding of the species' biology or by the recovery priority assigned to the species.

TL;DR: Wright et al. as discussed by the authors studied the effect of exposure to noise on free-ranging animals and found that the context in which stressors are presented was important not only in affecting behavioral responses, but also in affecting the physiological and psychological responses.