Glossary
- exclusive economic zone
- Precipitation
- A-weighting
- absorption
- acceleration
- accelerometer
- accuracy
- acoustic environment
- acoustic fish tag
- acoustic impedance
- acoustic index
- acoustic lens
- acoustic masking
- acoustic modem
- acoustic propagation models
- acoustic reflex (AR)
- acoustic release
- acoustic signature
- acoustic telemetry
- acoustic threshold
- acoustic tomography
- acoustic trauma
- acoustical shadowing
- active acoustics
- acute
- adaptation
- ADCP
- African penguin
- agonistic behavior
- airgun
- algorithm
- alongshore flow
- Amazon river dolphin
- ambient noise
- American lobster
- American paddlefish
- American shad
- amphibious
- amplitude
- anadromous
- anemometer
- angle of incidence
- angle of reflection
- animated frequency spectrum
- annelid
- Antarctic minke whale
- anthropogenic
- Aristotle's lantern
- array elements
- arthropods
- Atlantic croaker
- Atlantic mackerel
- Atlantic salmon
- Atlantic spotted dolphin
- Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC)
- atmospheric pressure
- attenuate
- attenuation
- audiogram
- audiometric curve
- auditory brainstem response (ABR)
- auditory bulla
- auditory fatigue
- auditory meatus or ear canal
- auditory system
- auditory weighting function
- austral
- Australian freshwater crayfish
- automatic gain control (AGC)
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- autonomous
- axial muscles
- backscatter
- Baiji
- baleen
- baleen whales
- bandpass filter
- bandwidth
- barometric pressure
- barotrauma
- Barth’s myochordotonal organs (Barth’s MCO)
- basilar membrane
- basking shark
- bathymetry
- bathythermograph
- beacon
- beam pattern
- beamforming
- beamforming
- bearded seal
- bearing
- bedrock
- bel
- beluga whale
- benthic
- biodiversity
- biologically significant
- biomagnification
- biomass
- bistatic sonar
- bivalve
- black drum
- black-legged kittiwake
- black rockfish
- Blainville's beaked whale
- blast injury
- blue-fin tuna
- blue rockfish
- blue shark
- blue whale
- blue whiting
- bottlenose dolphin
- bottom reverberation
- bowhead whale
- bowriding
- brisance
- broadband
- Bryde’s whale
- bubble feeding
- bubble frequency
- bubble pulses
- buccal cavity
- buoyancy
- burst pulsed sounds
- bycatch
- byssal threads
- C-weighting
- caldera
- California mantis shrimp
- California sea lion
- callosities
- calve
- canine teeth
- Cape fur seal
- capillaries
- carapace
- carbon sink
- cardioid
- Caribbean spiny lobster
- catadromous
- caudal peduncle
- cavitation
- center frequency
- central nervous system
- cephalopod
- cetacean
- Channel catfish
- characteristic acoustic impedance
- characteristic impedance
- chelae
- cheliped
- Chinook salmon
- chirp
- chordotonal organs
- chronic
- cichlids
- cilia
- circumference
- circumpolar
- Clay
- cleaner shrimp
- click
- click train
- climatologist
- clupeids
- coalesced
- cochlea
- cod
- coelenterates
- common carp
- Common cockle
- common damselfish
- common dolphin
- common octopus
- common prawn
- communication space
- complementary angle
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- conditioned response
- conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD)
- conspecific
- contact calls
- continental shelf
- corticosteroid
- courtship
- critical angle
- critical bandwidth
- critical habitat
- critical ratio
- critically endangered
- crustaceans
- ctenophore
- cupula
- Cuvier's beaked whale
- Cuvier’s beaked whale
- Cycle
- cylindrical spreading
- dB peak
- dB peak-peak
- decapod crustacean
- decibel
- decompression sickness
- delphinid
- demersal
- density
- depredate
- derived
- detection probability p(D)
- detection threshold
- detonation
- diadromous
- dialect
- DIFAR
- diffuse
- digital data
- dinner bell "effect"
- directional
- displacement
- distribution
- diurnal
- domino damselfish
- doppler effect
- dorsal
- dorsal fin
- downsweep
- drumming
- ducts
- Dugong
- duration
- echinoderm
- echo-counting
- echo-integration
- echo ranging
- echo signature
- echolocation
- echosounder
- echosounding
- ecological risk assessment
- ecology
- ecotype
- eddy
- eDNA
- effective source level
- efferent
- elasmobranch
- elasmobranchs
- electro-physiological response
- elephant seal
- endangered
- endemic
- ensonified
- entanglement
- epicenter
- Epicenter
- equal energy hypothesis
- equal latency
- equal loudness curve
- equilibrium
- essential fish habitat (EFH)
- estuary
- European perch
- European sea bass
- European spiny lobster
- exoskeleton
- expendable bathythermograph
- explosive sound source
- extant
- extinction
- extirpation
- extrapolate
- extrapolation
- false alarm
- false alarm probability p(FA)
- false killer whale
- false negative
- false positive
- far field
- fat emboli
- fathead minnow
- fecund, prolific
- fertility
- filtering
- fin whale
- finfish
- finless porpoise
- fishery
- fishes
- fluke
- focal animal observations
- foraging
- foraging behavior
- Franciscana dolphin
- frequency
- Frequency selectivity
- frequency spectrum
- frequency weighting
- fright response
- front
- fundamental frequency
- ganglion cells
- gas gland
- goldfish
- goliath grouper
- gray triggerfish
- gray whale
- grazing angle
- Great cormorant
- great white shark
- Green sea turtle
- greenhouse gas
- grey seal
- gross tonnage
- ground truth
- gudgeon
- habitat impediment
- habituate
- haddock
- hair cells
- hake
- harbor porpoise
- harbor seal
- harmonic distortion
- harmonic frequency
- hawaiian monk seal
- Heard Island Feasibility Test (HIFT)
- hearing generalist
- hearing groups
- hearing range
- hearing threshold
- heavy oil
- hemorrhages
- herbivore
- hermaphroditic
- Hertz
- hierarchy
- High Arctic
- histogram
- homologous
- hull
- humpback whale
- hydrate
- hydraulic hammer
- hydroacoustic
- hydrocarbon
- hydrodynamic
- hydrofoil
- hydrokinetic
- hydrophone
- hydrophone array
- hydrostatic pressure
- hydrothermal
- Hydrothermal
- hydrothermal vent
- hyperthermia
- hypothermia
- hypothesis
- ice floe
- ice keel
- IES
- immunological response
- impulsive sound
- incident wave
- Infauna
- infrasonic
- inhomogeneities
- inner ear
- intensity
- inter-click interval
- interface wave
- invertebrate
- ion
- isochronous
- kelp rockfish
- kerplunks
- keystone
- killer whale
- Kina
- kinetic energy
- knots
- krill
- labyrinth
- ladyfish
- Lake sturgeon
- lanugo
- Largemouth bass
- laryngeal sac
- larynx
- lateral line
- latitude
- leopard seal
- leopard shark
- ligaments
- light oil
- little skate
- localize
- LOFAR
- logarithmic
- Lombard Effect
- Long-spined sea urchin
- longfin squid
- longitudinal wave
- loudness
- lunge-feeding
- Lusitanian toadfish
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- manatee
- mandible
- marine fouling
- marine vibroseis
- masking
- masking sounds
- mass stranding
- matched-filter processing
- matched filtering
- mean
- mechanoreceptors
- median
- medium
- melon
- Melon-headed whale
- mesopelagic boundary community
- metamorphosis
- methane flux
- mid-ocean ridge
- Mid-ocean ridge
- middle ear
- migration
- common minke whale
- miss
- mitigate
- mollusks
- molt
- monostatic sonar
- mooring
- moratorium
- moratorium
- morphology
- mudflat fiddler crab
- multi-channel seismics
- multibeam sonar
- multiyear ice
- Mysticetes
- narial passages
- narrowband
- narwhal
- natal
- near field
- necropsies
- NeMO Net
- Neural impulses
- neuromasts
- new england mussel
- noise
- non-vocal sounds
- normal line
- North Atlantic right whale
- North Pacific right whale
- Northern bottlenose whale
- Northern elephant seal
- Northern fur seal
- Northern seahorse
- Northern shrimp
- Atlantic herring
- null decision
- null hypothesis
- ocean acidification
- ocean front
- ocean observatory
- oceanographic variable
- octave band sound
- octavo-lateralis system
- odontocete
- offspring
- olfactory organ
- omnidirectional
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- opportunistic feeding
- oral cavity
- organ of Corti
- oscar
- oscillation
- ossicles
- otariids or eared seals
- otolith
- ototoxic
- outer ear
- oval squid
- oval window
- overpressure
- oyster toadfish
- Pacific humpback dolphin
- Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)
- Pacific oyster
- Pacific white-sided dolphin
- pack ice
- pack ice
- pallid sturgeon
- pan bone
- parallel
- particle motion
- passive acoustic monitoring (PAM)
- passive acoustics
- passive margin
- patchiness
- peak pressure
- peak pressure/0-to-peak pressure
- peak-to-peak pressure
- pectoral fins
- pectoral flipper
- pectoral free rays
- pectoral girdle
- peer-reviewed
- peer review
- pelagic
- pelagic species
- perceive
- Period
- permanent threshold shift (PTS)
- perpendicular
- pH
- pharyngeal
- phase
- phocids or true seals
- phon
- photophores
- physiological stress
- piezoelectric effect
- piezoelectric material
- pilot whale
- ping
- pink snapper
- pink snappers
- pinna, auricle
- pinniped
- pitch
- pitch
- plainfin midshipman
- plane wave
- planktivore
- plankton
- plectrum
- pneumatic
- pod
- polar bear
- pollack
- polyps
- population
- porosity
- potential energy
- power
- power
- power spectral density level
- precision
- prehensile
- pressure
- pressure ridge
- pressure wave
- profile
- projector
- projector arrays
- propagation
- pulse
- pulse train
- pure tone
- queen parrotfish
- radionuclide
- RAFOS floats
- rainbow trout
- ramp-up
- rarefaction
- Rayleigh wave
- receiver
- receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve
- recess
- rectified diffusion
- red drum
- red grouper
- red hind
- reflected wave
- reflection
- reflector
- refraction
- repertoire
- resistance
- resonance
- resonator
- rete mirabile
- reverberation
- reverberation
- ringed seal
- rip current
- rise time
- risk function
- Risso's dolphin
- Risso's dolphin
- roll
- roll
- root-mean-square pressure
- rorquals
- rostrum
- sablefish
- saithe
- salinity
- salt domes
- sample
- sample size
- sand fiddler crab
- sardines
- Sargassum or Gulfweed
- satellite altimetry
- saturate
- scattered/scattering
- scatterer
- scattering
- Scholte wave
- school
- Sciaenidae
- scientific method
- scuttle
- sea otter
- sea state
- Sediment
- sei whale
- seismic
- seismic reflection
- seismic refraction
- seismic wave
- seismometer
- semi-terrestrial
- sensorineural hearing loss
- sensory hair cells
- sequestration
- setae
- sexual dimorphism
- shadow zone
- shear wave
- shelf-edged habitats
- shoal
- shock wave
- side scan sonar
- signal
- signal excess
- signal processing
- signal processing
- signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio
- signature sound
- signature whistle
- silver perch
- sirenians
- slippery dick wrasse
- smolt
- snapping shrimp
- SOFAR channel
- sonar
- sonic muscle
- sonic muscle - swim bladder
- soniferous
- sonobuoy
- sonogram
- sonoluminescence
- sound channel
- sound channel axis
- sound exposure level (SEL)
- sound field
- sound intensity level
- sound level
- sound receptor
- sound source
- sound spreading loss
- Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS)
- soundscape
- source array
- source level
- Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE)
- southern right whale
- Sparker
- spatial resolution
- spatulate
- spawning
- specific acoustic impedance
- spectral
- spectrogram
- spectrum
- sperm whale
- spermaceti organ
- spherical spreading
- spinner dolphin
- Spiny Lobster
- sprat
- spreading loss
- spy-hopping
- squid
- standard deviation
- standard deviation of the mean
- startle response
- static diffusion
- statistically significant
- statistics
- statocyst
- steps
- stereo
- stereocilia
- stereociliary bundles
- stereotyped
- stewardship
- stranding
- stratification
- streaked gurnards
- streamers
- stress
- stress response
- stressor
- stridulation
- striped dolphin
- stripers
- sub-arctic
- subduction zones
- submarine
- submarine canyon
- subsonic
- substrate
- substratum (substrate)
- supersaturated
- surf zone
- surface reverberation
- surface wave
- Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)
- SUS (Signal, Underwater Sound)
- swath
- Swift scallop
- swim bladder
- swim bladder (also called an air bladder)
- symbiotic
- synapse
- t-test
- target strength
- tectonic
- tectorial membrane
- telemetry
- temperature
- temporary threshold shift (TTS)
- terrestrial
- Terrigenous
- territoriality/territorial
- Tertiary wave
- Tertiary wave
- test
- Thalassia
- theory
- thermocline
- thermometry
- thick-billed murre
- threatened
- threshold of hearing
- threshold of pain
- threshold shift
- tidewater glaciers
- tiger shark
- TNT
- toadfish
- tonal
- tone pips
- tonotopic organization
- tonotopically organized
- towfish
- trachea
- transducer
- transmission loss
- transmitter
- transponder
- transverse wave
- triangulation
- trill
- trophic level
- tropical cyclone
- tsunami
- tubercle
- tuned airgun array
- turbidity
- tympanic membrane or eardrum
- Type I Error
- Type II Error
- ultrasonic
- ultrasound signal
- underwater dB
- underwater soundscape
- upsweep
- utricle
- vacuum
- vaquita
- variance
- vector
- velocity
- ventral
- vertebrate
- vertical migration
- vestibular system
- viscosity
- vital rates
- vocal cords
- vocal fold ligament
- vocal learning
- vocalization
- volume reverberation
- vulnerable
- wake
- walleye pollock
- walrus
- wave
- wave front
- waveform
- waveguide
- wavelength
- Weberian ossicles
- weddell seal
- whistles
- white-beaked dolphin
- white noise
- white-sided dolphin
- Yangtze finless porpoise
- yaw
- Yellow perch
- yellowtail rockfish
- zooplankton