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Fish avoidance of research vessels and the efficacy of noise-reduced vessels: a review

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

ICES Journal of Marine Science

de Robertis, A. and Handegard, N. O.

It has long been recognized that fish can avoid approaching vessels and that these behaviours can bias fishery surveys. Underwater noise is considered the primary stimulus,...
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Keywords: Acoustic surveys, Behaviour, Noise-reduced vessel, Ship, Underwater radiated noise, Vessel avoidance

Estimating animal population density using passive acoustics

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Biological Reviews

Marques, T., Thomas, L., Martin, S., Mellinger, D. et al.

Reliable estimation of the size or density of wild animal populations is very important for effective wildlife management, conservation and ecology. Currently, the most widely used...
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Keywords: Acoustic surveys, Bioacoustics, Density estimation, Distance sampling, Fixed sensors, Hydrophones, Passive acoustic monitoring, Spatially explicit capture-recapture