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Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises

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Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises. / Tougaard, Jakob; Wright, Andrew John; Madsen, Professor Peter Teglberg.

In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 90, No. 1-2, 2015, p. 196-208.

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Harvard

Tougaard, J, Wright, AJ & Madsen, PPT 2015, 'Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 90, no. 1-2, pp. 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.051

APA

Tougaard, J., Wright, A. J., & Madsen, P. P. T. (2015). Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 90(1-2), 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.051

CBE

Tougaard J, Wright AJ, Madsen PPT. 2015. Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 90(1-2):196-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.051

MLA

Tougaard, Jakob, Andrew John Wright, and Professor Peter Teglberg Madsen. "Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2015, 90(1-2). 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.051

Vancouver

Tougaard J, Wright AJ, Madsen PPT. Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2015;90(1-2):196-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.051

Author

Tougaard, Jakob ; Wright, Andrew John ; Madsen, Professor Peter Teglberg. / Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises. In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2015 ; Vol. 90, No. 1-2. pp. 196-208.

Bibtex

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