Douglas P. Nowacek

TL;DR: Reduced ship traffic in the Bay of Fundy, Canada, following the events of 11 September 2001, resulted in a 6 dB decrease in underwater noise with a significant reduction below 150 Hz, which is the first evidence that exposure to low-frequency ship noise may be associated with chronic stress in whales.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated Southall et al. (2007) in light units relative to 1 μPa-s or (20 μPa)-s for water of subsequent scientific findings and proposed dual exposure metrics to predict the onset provided for impulsive noise criteria, including of auditory effects in marine mammals.

TL;DR: The survival of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) is seriously threatened by mortality caused by ships and entanglements in fishing gear as discussed by the authors. But despite efforts to reduce anthropogenic mortalities, and in spite of recent increases in calving, the survival of right whales is still threatened.

TL;DR: A class of multisensor, suction-cup-attached archival tags has revolutionized the study of large baleen whales, particularly with respect to the predatory strategies used by these gigantic bulk filter feeders to exploit abundant oceanic resources.