Related Publications: Ocean Acoustics

Reports and Analyses
Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST) Working Group Report on Underwater Sound and Marine Life, January 2006.

Multispecies Mass Stranding in North Carolina, 2005.

Report of the NOAA Workshop on Anthropogenic Sound and Marine Mammals [pdf] [260 KB], 19-20 February 2004, NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-361.

Mass Stranding of Melon-Headed Whales in Hawai'i, July 2004.

Shipping Noise and Marine Mammals: A Forum for Science, Management and Technology [pdf] [608 KB], 18–19 May 2004. (2005)

Assessment of Acoustic Exposures on Marine Mammals in Conjunction with USS Shoup Active Sonar Transmissions in the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Haro Strait [pdf] [45 KB], Washington, 5 May 2003. (2005)

Multidisciplinary investigation of stranded harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Washington State with an assessment of acoustic trauma as a contributory factor [pdf] [4.7 MB], 2 May–2 June 2003. (2004) NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWR-34.

Future Directions for Acoustic Marine Mammal Surveys: Stock Assessment and Habitat Use [pdf] [803 KB], Report of a Workshop Held in La Jolla, California, 20–22 November 2002.

Mass Stranding of Beaked Whales in the Galapagos Islands in April 2000 [pdf] [17 KB], 30 October 2002. (2002)

Report of the Workshop on Acoustic Resonance [pdf] [85 KB], 24–25 April 2002. (2002)

Joint Interim Report Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding Event of 15–16 March 2000 [pdf] [1.6 MB] (2001)

 

Scientific Publications
Van Parijs, S; Southall, B, Convenors and Workshop Co-chairs. 2007. Report of the 2006 NOAA National Passive Acoustics Workshop: Developing a Strategic Program Plan for NOAA's Passive Acoustics Ocean Observing System (PAOOS) [pdf] [240 KB], Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 11-13 April 2006. U.S. Dep. Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-81, 64 p.

ICES. 2005. Report of the Ad-hoc Group on Impacts of Sonar on Cetaceans and Fish (AGISC) [pdf] [1.0 MB] CM 2006/ACE: 25pp.

Kastak D, Southall BL, Schusterman RJ, Kastak CR. (2005). Underwater temporary threshold shift in pinnipeds: Effects of noise level and duration [pdf] [274 KB]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118, 3154–3163.

Southall, B. L., R. J. Schusterman, D. Kastak, and C. R. Kastak. (2005). Reliability of underwater hearing thresholds in pinnipeds [pdf] [68 KB]. Acoustics Research Letters Online 6, 243-249.

Southall, B. L. R. J. Schusterman, and D. Kastak. (2003). Auditory masking in three pinnipeds: aerial critical ratios and direct critical bandwidth measurements [pdf] [77 KB]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 114, 1660–1666.

Southall, B. L. R. J. Schusterman, and D. Kastak. (2003). Acoustic communication ranges for northern elephant seals [pdf] [363 KB]. Aquatic Mammals 29, 202–213.

Southall, B. L., R. J. Schusterman, and D. Kastak. (2000). Masking in three pinnipeds: underwater low frequency critical ratios [pdf] [58 KB]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 108, 1322–1326.

Schusterman, R. J., D. Kastak, D. H. Levenson, C. J. Reichmuth, and B. L. Southall. (2000). Why pinnipeds don't echolocate [pdf] [211 KB]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107, 2256–2264.

Kastak, D., R. J. Schusterman, B. L. Southall, and C. J. Reichmuth. (1999). Underwater temporary threshold shift in three species of pinniped [pdf] [81 KB]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106, 1142–1148.