Analysis and Ranking of the Acoustic Disturbance Potential of ...

Table 2.7. Characteristics of Underwater Sounds Produced by Alaskan Odontocete Whales.
Frequency
QI
Range of -inant Source Level
\D
Vocalizations Frequencies (dB re 1 rPa
Ln
Species Signal Type (kHz) (kHz) at 1 r) References
White whale whistles 0.26-20 2-5.9 - SJare and Smith 1986a, b
pulsed tones 0.4-12 1-8 - Sjare and Smith 1986a, b
noisy vocalizations 0.5-16 4.2-8.3 - SJare and Smith 1986a, b
echolocat ion 40- 120 variable 160-222 Au et al. 1985, 1987
Killer whale whistles 1.5-18 6-12 - Steiner et al. 1979; Ford and Fisher 1983;
pulsed tones 0.5-25 1-6 160 Awbrey et al.' 1982; Ford and Fisher 1983;
Schevill and Uatkins 1966
echolocation 0.1-35 12-25 180 Wood and Evans 1980
Pacific white- whistles 7- 16 - - Evans 1973; Caldwell and Caldwell 1977
sided dolphin echolocation 0.2- 150 60-80 170 Evans 1973
Dall's porpoise clicks 0.04-12 - - Evans 1973
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Harbor porpoise clicks
clicks
100- 160 130 132-149 Mhl and Andersen 1973
2 - 100 Busnel and Dziedzic 1966;
Schevill et al. 1969
Pilot whale whistles 0.5-14t
echolocation 0.1-100
Sperm whale
Beaked Whale
clicks
uhist les
clicks
14 . 180 Fish and Turl 1976
- 180 Evans 1973
0.1-30 2-4, 10-16 160- 180 Backus and Schevill 1966; Levenson 1974; 3
Watkins 1980a
- Winn et al. 1970a
- Winn et al. 1970a
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