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SUBMITTER: Dyndo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4476045 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dyndo Monika M Wiśniewska Danuta Maria DM Rojano-Doñate Laia L Madsen Peter Teglberg PT
Scientific reports 20150622
Cetaceans rely critically on sound for navigation, foraging and communication and are therefore potentially affected by increasing noise levels from human activities at sea. Shipping is the main contributor of anthropogenic noise underwater, but studies of shipping noise effects have primarily considered baleen whales due to their good hearing at low frequencies, where ships produce most noise power. Conversely, the possible effects of vessel noise on small toothed whales have been largely ignor ...[more]