Search Results - "Kvadsheim, P.H."

High thresholds for avoidance of sonar by free-ranging long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) by Antunes, R., Kvadsheim, P.H., Lam, F.P.A., Tyack, P.L., Thomas, L., Wensveen, P.J., Miller, P.J.O.

“…•Pilot-whale sonar response thresholds higher than found for other cetaceans.•No effect of sonar frequency or previous exposures on probability of response.•US…”
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Potential for population-level disturbance by active sonar in herring by Sivle, L.D., Kvadsheim, P.H., Ainslie, M.A.

“…Abstract For conservation purposes, it is important to evaluate potential population consequences of noise disturbance. Based on maximum reported sound levels…”
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Cutaneous Heat Flux Models do not Reliably Predict Metabolic Rates of Marine Mammals by BOILY, P., KVADSHEIM, P.H., FOLKOW, L.P.

“…Heat flux models have been used to predict metabolic rates of marine mammals, generally by estimating conductive heat transfer through their blubber layer…”
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Thermal conductivity of minke whale blubber by Kvadsheim, P.H., Folkow, L.P., Blix, A.S.

“…1. 1. Four blubber samples were taken from each of nine minke whales ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata) caught in the north-east Atlantic between May and September,…”
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Blubber and flipper heat transfer in harp seals by KVADSHEIM, P.H., FOLKOW, L.P.

“…The trunk of marine mammals is encased in a blubber layer which provides thermal insulation that can be changed by circulatory adjustments. The extremities, on…”
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