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dc.contributor.authorDunlop, R.A.
dc.contributor.authorMcCauley, Robert
dc.contributor.authorNoad, M.J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-30T03:27:51Z
dc.date.available2020-07-30T03:27:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationDunlop, R.A. and McCauley, R.D. and Noad, M.J. 2020. Ships and air guns reduce social interactions in humpback whales at greater ranges than other behavioral impacts. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 154: Article No. 111072.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80231
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111072
dc.description.abstract

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Understanding the interactions between human activity in the ocean and marine mammals is a fundamental step to developing responsible mitigation measures and informing policy. Here, the response of migrating humpback whales to vessels towing seismic air gun arrays (on or off) was quantified as a reduction in their likelihood of socially interacting (joining together). Groups were significantly less likely to participate in a joining interaction in the presence of a vessel, regardless of whether or not the air guns were active. This reduction was especially pronounced in groups within a social environment that favored joining, that is, when singing whales or other groups were nearby. Seismic survey mitigation practices are designed primarily to prevent damage to whales' hearing from close-by sources. Here, we found potentially detrimental behavioral changes at much greater ranges, and much lower received levels, than those used for current mitigation recommendations.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subjectMarine & Freshwater Biology
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subjectAnthropogenic noise
dc.subjectBaleen whale
dc.subjectDose-response
dc.subjectHumpback whale
dc.subjectSeismic survey
dc.subjectSocial behavior
dc.subjectMEGAPTERA-NOVAEANGLIAE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION SPACE
dc.subjectACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION
dc.subjectMALE COMPETITION
dc.subjectMARINE MAMMALS
dc.subjectVESSEL NOISE
dc.subjectSONAR
dc.subjectAVOIDANCE
dc.titleShips and air guns reduce social interactions in humpback whales at greater ranges than other behavioral impacts
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume154
dcterms.source.issn0025-326X
dcterms.source.titleMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.date.updated2020-07-30T03:27:50Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidMcCauley, Robert [0000-0002-7401-8751]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 111072
dcterms.source.eissn1879-3363
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMcCauley, Robert [7102283644]


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