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. 2019 May 16;7(1):coz020. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz020

Table 1.

Overview of the sound pressure and particle acceleration during the different sound exposures including background levels, measured at the sea cage (start means the first shot)

P0-pk (dB re 1 μPa) SELsp (dB re 1 μPa2·s) SELcum (dB re 1 μPa2·s) A0-pk (db re 1 μm/s2) AELsp (dB re 1 (μm/s2)2·s) AELcum (dB re 1 (μm/s2)2·s
Type of exposure Exposure number Start CPA Start CPA Start CPA Start CPA Start CPA Start CPA
Transect and shooting 1 152 181 133 157 142 173 97 115 83 92 88 111
Transect background 1 119 127 107 116 115 134 87 90 77 79 83 99
Transect and shooting 4 158 183 134 158 139 172 106 121 84 108 89 125
Transect background 4 133 137 120 120 121 150 105 122 94 110 95 125
Transect and shooting 7 150 185 129 158 129 173 91 121 71 94 71 111
Transect background 7 119 125 105 111 105 134 84 91 67 78 67 95
Stationary and shooting 3 176 NA 152 NA 159 172* 116 NA 91 NA 96 109*
Stationary background 3 123 NA 110 NA 110 127* 98 NA 83 NA 77 93*
Stationary and shooting 6 180 NA 157 NA 166 174* 116 NA 95 NA 93 113*
Stationary background 6 149 NA 132 NA 126 138* 124 NA 111 NA 103 114*
Stationary and shooting 9 181 NA 158 NA 166 175* 119 NA 92 NA 100 109*
Stationary background 9 124 NA 108 NA 116 125* 82 NA 70 NA 71 83*

*This is the cumulative value for the complete shooting session.