Marine mammals and sonar: Dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context

Sperm whales reduce foraging effort during exposure to 1-2 kHz sonar and killer whale sounds

(2016) Saana Isojunno et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Prey-mediated behavioral responses of feeding blue whales in controlled sound exposure experiments

(2016) A. S. Friedlaender et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Naval sonar disrupts foraging in humpback whales

(2016) LD Sivle et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Disturbance-specific social responses in long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas

(2016) Fleur Visser et al.   Scientific Reports

Naval sonar disrupts foraging in humpback whales

(2016) LD Sivle et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Biological significance of sperm whale responses to sonar: comparison with anti-predator responses

(2016) C Curé et al.   Endangered Species Research

Experimental field studies to measure behavioral responses of cetaceans to sonar

(2016) BL Southall et al.   Endangered Species Research

Sound exposure in harbour seals during the installation of an offshore wind farm: predictions of auditory damage

(2015) Gordon D. Hastie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) respond to navy training

(2015) Stephen W. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Prey-induced behavioural plasticity of herring-eating killer whales

(2015) Filipa I. P. Samarra et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Predator sound playbacks reveal strong avoidance responses in a fight strategist baleen whale

(2015) C Curé et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Linking Behavior to Vital Rates to Measure the Effects of Non-Lethal Disturbance on Wildlife

(2015) Fredrik Christiansen et al.   Conservation Letters

Evolution of Marine Noise Pollution Management

(2015) Sarah J. Dolman et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Severity of Expert-Identified Behavioural Responses of Humpback Whale, Mike Whale, and Northern Bottlenose Whale to Naval Sonar

(2015) Lise D. Sivle et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Dose response severity functions for acoustic disturbance in cetaceans using recurrent event survival analysis

(2015) C. M. Harris et al.   Ecosphere

Predator sound playbacks reveal strong avoidance responses in a fight strategist baleen whale

(2015) C Curé et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise

(2015) P. J. O. Miller et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) optimize foraging efficiency by balancing oxygen use and energy gain as a function of prey density

(2015) E. L. Hazen et al.   Science Advances

The social context of individual foraging behaviour in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)

(2014) Fleur Visser et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales

(2014) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dose-response relationships for the onset of avoidance of sonar by free-ranging killer whales

(2014) Patrick J. O. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Delphinid behavioral responses to incidental mid-frequency active sonar

(2014) E. Elizabeth Henderson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

High thresholds for avoidance of sonar by free-ranging long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)

(2014) R. Antunes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A Risk Function for Behavioral Disruption of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) from Mid-Frequency Active Sonar

(2014) David Moretti et al.   PLoS One

Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii, exposed to simulated sonar

(2014) A. K. Stimpert et al.   Scientific Reports

Effect of Series of 1 to 2 kHz and 6 to 7 kHz Up-Sweeps and Down-Sweeps on the Behavior of a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

(2014) Ronald Kastelein   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Inferring activity budgets in wild animals to estimate the consequences of disturbances

(2013) Fredrik Christiansen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar

(2013) S. L. DeRuiter et al.   Biology Letters

Killer whale presence in relation to naval sonar activity and prey abundance in northern Norway

(2013) S. Kuningas et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Exposure amplitude and repetition affect bottlenose dolphin behavioral responses to simulated mid-frequency sonar signals

(2013) Dorian S. Houser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Using short-term measures of behaviour to estimate long-term fitness of southern elephant seals

(2013) LF New et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Behavioral responses of California sea lions to mid-frequency (3250–3450 Hz) sonar signals

(2013) Dorian S. Houser et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Using Energetic Models to Investigate the Survival and Reproduction of Beaked Whales (family Ziphiidae)

(2013) Leslie F. New et al.   PLoS One

Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar

(2013) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brief Behavioral Response Threshold Levels of a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to Five Helicopter Dipping Sonar Signals (1.33 to 1.43 kHz)

(2013) Ronald Kastelein   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Repeated call types in short-finned pilot whales,Globicephala macrorhynchus

(2012) Laela Sayigh et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Blue Whales Respond to Anthropogenic Noise

(2012) Mariana L. Melcón et al.   PLoS One

Pilot Whales Attracted to Killer Whale Sounds: Acoustically-Mediated Interspecific Interactions in Cetaceans

(2012) Charlotte Curé et al.   PLoS One

Noiseonomics: The relationship between ambient noise levels in the sea and global economic trends

(2012) George V. Frisk   Scientific Reports

The Severity of Behavioral Changes Observed During Experimental Exposures of Killer (Orcinus orca), Long-Finned Pilot (Globicephala melas), and Sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) Whales to Naval Sonar

(2012) Patrick Miller   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Repeated elicitation of the acoustic startle reflex leads to sensitisation in subsequent avoidance behaviour and induces fear conditioning

(2011) Thomas Götz et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

A New Context-Based Approach to Assess Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Anthropogenic Sounds

(2011) W.T. ELLISON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Changes in spatial and temporal distribution and vocal behavior of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) during multiship exercises with mid-frequency sonar

(2011) Elena McCarthy et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Beaked Whales Respond to Simulated and Actual Navy Sonar

(2011) Peter L. Tyack et al.   PLoS One

The Relationship among Oceanography, Prey Fields, and Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean

(2011) Elliott L. Hazen et al.   PLoS One

A dive counting density estimation method for Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) using a bottom-mounted hydrophone field as applied to a Mid-Frequency Active (MFA) sonar operation

(2010) D. Moretti et al.   APPLIED ACOUSTICS

Beaked Whale Strandings and Naval Exercises

(2010) Angela D'Amico et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Using at-sea experiments to study the effects of airguns on the foraging behavior of sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico

(2009) P.J.O. Miller et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Underwater noise from three types of offshore wind turbines: Estimation of impact zones for harbor porpoises and harbor seals

(2009) Jakob Tougaard et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Behavioural reaction norms: animal personality meets individual plasticity

(2009) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Vessel traffic disrupts the foraging behavior of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca

(2008) D Lusseau et al.   Endangered Species Research