A Risk Function for Behavioral Disruption of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) from Mid-Frequency Active Sonar

David Moretti; Len Thomas; Tiago Marques; John Harwood; Ashley Dilley; Bert Neales; Jessica Shaffer; Elena McCarthy; Leslie New; Susan Jarvis; Ronald Morrissey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085064

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A Risk Function for Behavioral Disruption of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) from Mid-Frequency Active Sonar

David Moretti ,

* E-mail: david.moretti@navy.mil

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Len Thomas,

Affiliation Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
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Tiago Marques,

Affiliation Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
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John Harwood,

Affiliation Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
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Ashley Dilley,

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Bert Neales,

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Jessica Shaffer,

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Elena McCarthy,

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Leslie New,

Affiliation U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Susan Jarvis,

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Ronald Morrissey

Affiliation Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
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A Risk Function for Behavioral Disruption of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) from Mid-Frequency Active Sonar

David Moretti,
Len Thomas,
Tiago Marques,
John Harwood,
Ashley Dilley,
Bert Neales,
Jessica Shaffer,
Elena McCarthy,
Leslie New,
Susan Jarvis

Published: January 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085064

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Correction

Posted by morettidj on 17 Jul 2014 at 13:04 GMT

The authors have submitted a formal correction request for Equation 4 (risk function) which should read as follows:

P[disturbance] = F(-8.073 + 0.054RLrms)

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