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dc.contributor.authorErbe, Christine
dc.contributor.authorParsons, Miles
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Kim
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:34:31Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:34:31Z
dc.date.created2016-10-31T19:30:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationErbe, C. and Parsons, M. and Duncan, A. and Allen, K. 2016. Underwater Acoustic Signatures of Recreational Swimmers, Divers, Surfers and Kayakers. Acoustics Australia. 44 (2): pp. 333-341.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47625
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40857-016-0062-7
dc.description.abstract

© 2016 Australian Acoustical Society. Non-motorised, recreational water activities were recorded underwater in the controlled setting of a public swimming pool during the off-season. Individuals, one at a time, swam freestyle and breaststroke, snorkelled, scuba-dived, kicked a boogie board and a surfboard, kayaked, and simply jumped into the water. Underwater video and still images were recorded at the same time to interpret the sounds recorded. Most of the sound was due to bubbles generated underwater. Activities involving fins (flippers) were the loudest (boogie boarding and snorkelling), followed by freestyle swimming, surfboard paddling, and kayaking. Breaststroke generated the fewest bubbles and was the quietest. All activities produced bubbles, hence noise, at a characteristic temporal pattern. Scuba-diving exhibited two distinct noise spectra related to inhalation and exhalation. Received levels ranged from 110 to 131 dB re 1 µ Pa (10–16,000 Hz) for all of the activities at the closest point of approach (1 m). The results might have applicability to the monitoring of pools for security reasons, to performance assessments of swimmers, and to studies of the distances at which humans may be detectible by marine animals in the sea.

dc.publisherAustralian Acoustical Society
dc.titleUnderwater Acoustic Signatures of Recreational Swimmers, Divers, Surfers and Kayakers
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume44
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage333
dcterms.source.endPage341
dcterms.source.issn0814-6039
dcterms.source.titleAcoustics Australia
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Copyright © 2016 Australian Acoustical Society. Reproduced with permission.

curtin.departmentCentre for Marine Science and Technology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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