Prediction of drilling site-specific interaction of industrial acoustic stimuli and endangered whales: Beaufort Sea (1985). Final report, July 1985-March 1986
Research was performed during the first year (1985) of the two-year project investigating potential responsiveness of bowhead and gray whales to underwater sounds associated with offshore oil-drilling sites in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. The underwater acoustic environment and sound propagation characteristics of five offshore sites were determined. Estimates of industrial noise levels versus distance from those sites are provided. LGL Ltd. (bowhead) and BBN (gray whale) jointly present zones of responsiveness of these whales to typical underwater sounds (drillship, dredge, tugs, drilling at gravel island). An annotated bibliography regarding the potential effects of offshore industrial noise on bowhead whales in the Beaufort Sea is included.
- Research Organization:
- BBN Labs., Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7186747
- Report Number(s):
- PB-87-124343/XAB; BBN-6185
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACOUSTIC DETECTION
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
ALASKA
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARCTIC OCEAN
BEAUFORT SEA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CETACEANS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DETECTION
DRILLING
ENDANGERED SPECIES
FEDERAL REGION X
MAMMALS
NOISE POLLUTION
NORTH AMERICA
OFFSHORE DRILLING
POLLUTION
RADIATION DETECTION
SEAS
SHIPS
SURFACE WATERS
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