[CINC] Whales and the bends

[Catherine French]

FYI: John is currently doing a study for the Navy on the subject near San Nicolas.

Calm seas,

Catherine French

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On Apr 4, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Ken Macdonald <macdonald at geol.ucsb.edu> wrote:

Awhile back, Calambokidis (sp?) speculated that Navy sonars and other loud sounds might adversely affect some whales, not so much because of the direct sound energy, but because they might flee, changing depth too rapidly, thus getting the bends.  With all the Navy sonar activity in southern CA waters, this may be relevant to some of the whales we see.  Woods Hole researchers now have some direct evidence supporting this idea:  http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=133791&sectionid=1021


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