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PUBLICATIONS
First published in:
The Bahamas Journal of Science.
Volume 8, Number 2. May 2001.
A Mass Stranding of Cetaceans Caused by Naval Sonar in the Bahamas.
Kenneth C. Balcomb III and Diane E. Claridge
With the advent of powerful military sonar systems in recent decades, worldwide attention has focused on the potential effects of sonar on whale behavior and survival, with particular concern over the coincidence of Beaked whale (Order Cetacea, Suborder Odontoceti, Family ZiphiiDae) mass strandings concurrent with or following naval maneuvers. In this report we provide documentation and discussion of a very significant multi-species mass stranding of cetaceans, predominantly beaked whales, in the northern Bahamas on March 15, 2000, coincident with a U.S. and allied naval transit through the area.
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