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Effects of anthropogenic noise and natural soundscape on larval fish behavior in four estuarine species

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Waddell, E.E., Širović, A.

Study of effects of anthropogenic noise on orientation, settling, and metamorphose of larval fish in estuaries. Pre-settlement sized individuals exposed to control, estuarine, airgun, and large...
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Keywords: Airguns, Estuarine noise, Habituation, Larval Behaviour, Shipping

On definitions of signal duration, evaluated on close-range airgun signals

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Müller, R.A.J., Ainslie, M.A., Halvorsen, M.B.

Assesses efficacy of 90%-energy signal duration as measure of duration of transient noise from airguns. Finds that in it is very close to interval between primary...
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Keywords: 90% energy signal duration, Airguns, Bubble period., Measurement, Peak characterization, Transient noise

Characteristics of Sounds Emitted During High-Resolution Marine Geophysical Surveys

2016
Open Access Report

OCS Study BOEM

Crocker S.E. and Fratantonio, F.D.

Scientific questions regarding the impact of noise in the marine environment have resulted in an increasing number of regulatory requirements and precautionary mitigation strategies to reduce...
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Keywords: Airguns, Beam Pattern, Beamwidth, Boomers, Chirp Profilers, Geophysical Survey Systems, Marine Noise, Multibeam Bathymetric Echosounders, Side-Scan Sonars, Sparkers

Effects of sound exposure from a seismic airgun on heart rate, acceleration and depth use in free-swimming Atlantic cod and saithe

2019
Open Access Article

Conservation Physiology

Davidsen, Jan G., Dong Hefeng, Linné Markus, Andersson Mathias H., Piper Adam, Prystay Tanya S., Hvam Eivind B., Thorstad Eva B., Whoriskey Frederick, Cooke Steven J., Sjursen Aslak D., Rønning Lars, Netland Tim C., and Hawkins Anthony D.

Airguns used for offshore seismic exploration by the oil and gas industry contribute to globally increasing anthropogenic noise levels in the marine environment. There is concern...
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Keywords: Airguns, Anthropogenic noise, Atlantic cod, Fish behaviour, Marine environment, Oil and gas, Particle motion, Saithe, Seismic exploration, Sound pressure, Stress