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.
BEAUFORT SEA
OFFSHORE DRILLING
CETACEANS
NOISE POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
ACOUSTIC DETECTION
ALASKA
ENDANGERED SPECIES
SHIPS
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARCTIC OCEAN
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DETECTION
DRILLING
FEDERAL REGION X
MAMMALS
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION
RADIATION DETECTION
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
VERTEBRATES
020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects
560400 - Other Environmental Pollutant Effects