Underwater noise decreases whale communications in Stellwagen Bank sanctuary

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

High levels of background noise, mainly due to ships, have reduced the ability of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales to communicate with each other by about two-thirds.

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