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EIA Database

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