Table of Contents: Ocean noise and marine mammals /

Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Potential Impacts of Ambient Noise in the Ocean on Marine Mammals,
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Subjects:	Marine mammals > Effect of noise on. Marine mammals > Vocalization. Cetacea. Noise > adverse effects. Oceans and Seas. Behavior, Animal > physiology. SCIENCE > Life Sciences
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Table of Contents:

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Sources of Sound in the Ocean and Long-Term Trends in Ocean Noise""; ""3 Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals""; ""4 Modeling and Databases of Noise in the Marine Environment""; ""5 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix B Acronym List""; ""Appendix C Examples of Underwater Acoustics Noise Models""; ""Appendix D Research Recommendations from Previous NRC Reports (1994, 2000)""; ""Appendix E Glossary of Terms""