Megan F. McKenna
National Park Service
62 Papers
109 Citations
Megan F. McKenna is an academic researcher from National Park Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Noise & Whale. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 56 publications. Previous affiliations of Megan F. McKenna include Scripps Institution of Oceanography & San Diego State University.
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A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife
Graeme Shannon,Megan F. McKenna,Lisa M. Angeloni,Kevin R. Crooks,Kurt M. Fristrup,Emma Brown,Katy A. Warner,Misty D. Nelson,Cecilia L. White,Jessica Briggs,Scott McFarland,George Wittemyer +11 more
TL;DR: A systematic and standardised review of the scientific literature published from 1990 to 2013 on the effects of anthropogenic noise on wildlife, including both terrestrial and aquatic studies shows that terrestrial wildlife responses begin at noise levels of approximately 40’dBA, and 20% of papers documented impacts below 50 dBA.
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Underwater radiated noise from modern commercial ships
TL;DR: Underwater radiated noise measurements for seven types of modern commercial ships during normal operating conditions are presented, emphasizing the importance of including modern ship-types in quantifying shipping noise for predictive models of global, regional, and local marine environments.
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Noise pollution is pervasive in U.S. protected areas.
Rachel T. Buxton,Megan F. McKenna,Daniel J. Mennitt,Kurt M. Fristrup,Kevin R. Crooks,Lisa M. Angeloni,George Wittemyer +6 more
TL;DR: Noise pollution in protected areas is closely linked with transportation, development, and extractive land use, providing insight into where mitigation efforts can be most effective, and indicates that noise pollution in Protected Areas with more stringent regulations had less anthropogenic noise.
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Integrative Approaches to the Study of Baleen Whale Diving Behavior, Feeding Performance, and Foraging Ecology
Jeremy A. Goldbogen,Ari S. Friedlaender,John Calambokidis,Megan F. McKenna,Malene Simon,Douglas P. Nowacek +5 more
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.
Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology
Davide M. Dominoni,Wouter Halfwerk,Emily Baird,Rachel T. Buxton,Esteban Fernández-Juricic,Kurt M. Fristrup,Megan F. McKenna,Daniel J. Mennitt,Elizabeth K. Perkin,Brett M. Seymoure,David C. Stoner,Jennifer B. Tennessen,Cory A. Toth,Luke P. Tyrrell,Ashley A Wilson,Clinton D. Francis,Neil H. Carter,Jesse R. Barber +17 more
TL;DR: It is argued that this framework can reveal the presence of ‘sensory danger zones’, hotspots of conservation concern where sensory pollutants overlap in space and time with an organism’s activity, and foster development of strategic interventions to mitigate the impact of sensory pollutants.