War of the whales

Description:

"The tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the U.S. Navy's best-kept secrets: a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound--and drives whales onto beaches. As Joel Reynolds launches a legal fight to expose and challenge the Navy program, marine biologist Ken Balcomb witnesses a mysterious mass stranding of whales near his research station in the Bahamas. Investigating this calamity, Balcomb is forced to choose between his conscience and an oath of secrecy he swore to the Navy in his youth"--Amazon.com.

subjects: Effect of sound on,  Sonar,  Conservation,  Whales,  Stranding,  Environmental aspects,  United States. Navy,  United States,  Wale,  Artenschutz,  Environmental protection,  nyt:science=2014-08-10,  New York Times bestseller,  United states, navy, history,  Wildlife conservation

People: Joel Reynolds,  Kenneth C. Balcomb (1940-)