27 Mar Behavioral Responses of Satellite Tracked Blainville’s Beaked Whales to Mid-frequency Active Sonar

We’ve been seeing a lot of effort put forward in understanding how whales react to sonar. There are a lot of theories. One study examined the response of Blainville’s beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar. One of the largest samples of beaked whales were tracked using Wildlife Computers SPOT-240 and SPLASH10 tags. The data showed that the whales moved away from the sonar area and changed their diving behavior. Read more.