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Marine mammals and noise

W. John Richardson
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This paper presents a meta-anatomy of Marine Mammal Hearing, a probabilistic assessment of the response of marine mammals to man-made noise, and its consequences.
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Preface. Introduction. Acoustic Concepts and Terminology. Measurement Procedures. Sound Propagation. Ambient Noise. Man-Made Noise. Marine Mammal Sounds. Marine Mammal Hearing. Documented Disturbance Reactions. Zones of Noise Influence. Significance of Responses and Noise Impacts. Conclusions and Data Needs. Literature Cited. Appendices: Common and Scientific Names of Marine Mammals. Acoustical Glossary. Subject Index.

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