Experimental field studies to measure behavioral responses of cetaceans to sonar

Funding was provided by a variety of military and governmental funding sources from several nations acknowledged within referenced publications, notably the US Office of Naval Research, US Navy Living Marine Resources Program, and the navies of the USA, Norway, and the Netherlands. P.L.T. acknowledges the support of the MASTS pooling initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland) in the completion of this study. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions.

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