6 the Effects of Seismic Surveys on Marine Mammals
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Sea Mammal Research Unit, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, UK IFAW, 411 Main Street, Yarmouth Port, MA02675, USA Acoustic Research Laboratory, TMSI, Electrical Engineering Department, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260 4 Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, Terpsichoris 21, 16671 VOULIAGMENI, GREECE Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB 6Aberdeen University, Zoology Department, Lighthouse Field Station, Cromarty, Ross-shire, IV11 8YJ, UK
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