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Re: new research on ocean noise and blue whales

Subject: Re: new research on ocean noise and blue whales
From: "hartogj" hartogj
Date: Fri Mar 2, 2012 12:38 pm ((PST))
Hi Bernie,
I know you hold special place in your heart for whales, plus you are a pers=
evering scientist, so I would expect no less.

What seems to be new information in the research paper I linked to is that =
mid-frequency (1000Hz - 8Khz) anthropogenic noise affects low-frequency (<1=
00Hz)blue whale communication behavior.  One small step in a wide body of r=
esearch, yet perhaps a noteworthy moment.

John Hartog
rockscallop.org


--- In  Bernie Krause <> wrote:
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> Lots about that and the specific effects of noise in both marine and
> terrestrial habitats in my new book, John. Chapter and verse.
>
> Bernie Krause
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> On Mar 2, 2012, at 12:16 AM, doctorobotnik wrote:
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> > Whales being drowned out by human noise always gnaws at my
> > conscience when I think about the issue. What a terrible thing to do =

> > to a group of animals.
> >
> > --- In  "hartogj"
> > <hartogj_1999@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I noticed this research paper today.
> >>
> >> Blue Whales Respond to Anthropogenic Noise:
> >> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.003=
2681
> >>
> >> And corresponding journalism in Scientific American:
> >> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/02/29/can-y=
ou-hear-me-now-human-noise-disrupts-blue-whale-communication/
> >>
> >> John Hartog
> >> rockscallop.org
> >>
> >
> >
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> > ------------------------------------
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> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > Krause.
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