An animal-borne active acoustic tag for minimally invasive behavioral response studies on marine mammals

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• Journal Title:
  Animal Biotelemetry
• Personal Author:
  Fregosi, Selene ; Klinck, Holger ; Horning, Markus ; Costa, Daniel P. ; Mann, David ; Sexton, Kenneth ; Hückstädt, Luis A. ; Mellinger, David K. ; Southall, Brandon L.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Description:
  There is a variety of evidence that increased anthropogenic noise (e.g., shipping, explosions, sonar) has a measureable effect on marine mammal species. Observed impacts range in severity from brief interruptions of basic life functions to physiological changes, acute injury, and even death. New research tools are needed to better measure and understand the potential effects of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals. Current behavioral response studies typically utilize ship-based sound sources to study potential acute behavioral responses in tagged animals experimentally exposed to noise. Integrating the sound source within animal-mounted passive acoustic and motion-sensing tags provides a novel tool for conducting additional highly controlled response studies.
• Source:
  Animal Biotelemetry, 4(1), 9.
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-016-0101-z
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/14707/noaa_14707_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.02 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b67d371039fa97034bc537d964d9f7859a5206d62afbb5293baac8e804d46bad