Review on Existing Data on Underwater Sounds from Pile Driving Activities

Open Access Project Report 2020

Seiche Ltd.

Jiménez-Arranz, G., Banda, N., Cook, S., Wyatt, R.
Review of published acoustic data from pile driving activity. Majority come from wind farm operations. Very little public data available from Oil & Gas sector.
Keywords: Anthropogenic sound, Industrial, Noise, Pile driving, Soundscape, Underwater sound

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