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MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS AND OCEAN NOISE
DETERMINING WHEN NOISE CAUSES BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS |
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Committee on Characterizing Biologically Significant Marine Mammal Behavior, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0309094496 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309094498 |
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| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
24 January, 2005 |
| Pages: |
142 |
| Description: |
A way to assess the impact of ocean noise on marine animals, is to consider whether it causes behavioural changes that affect an animal's ability to grow, survive, and reproduce. This book offers a conceptual model designed to clarify which marine mammal behaviours are biologically significant for conservation purposes. |
| Synopsis: |
Attention has been drawn to the subject of how ocean noise affects marine mammals by a series of marine mammal strandings, lawsuits, and legislative hearings, and most recently, the report from the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. One way to assess the impact of ocean noise is to consider whether it causes changes in animal behavior that are "biologically significant," that is, those that affect an animal's ability to grow, survive, and reproduce. This report offers a conceptual model designed to clarify which marine mammal behaviors are biologically significant for conservation purposes. The report is intended to help scientists and policymakers interpret provisions of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
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