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Seismic testing and monitoring of farmed fish- Storfjorden 2009-2010

2010
Open Access Report

Final Report

Bakke, S

From June 2009 until June 2010 Petroleum GeoServices (PGS) conducted tests of seismic equipment in a region of Storfjorden, Møre and Romsdal county, Norway. During testing...
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Keywords: Behavior, Environmental monitoring, Fish farms, Monitoring, Seismic, Testing

Fish Behaviour in Response to Seismic Sound (Workshop / Report Prepared for ESRF, IOGP, OEER)

2011
Open Access Report

Final Report

CEF Consultants Ltd

This report is a summary of the proceedings of a workshop held to discuss the design of studies to assess the effect of seismic sound sources...
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Keywords: Behavior, Fish, Seismic, Sound

The effect of close approached for tagging activities by small research vessels on the behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

2016
Pay-walled/Intertek link Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Mammal Science

Williamson, M., Kavanagh, A. and Noad, N.

Small research vessels are often used as platforms for tagging activities to collect behavioral data on cetaceans and they have the potential to disturb that group...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic disturbance, Behavior, BRAHSS, Cetacean, Humpback whales, Vessel

Behavioral responses affect distribution analyses of bowhead whales in the vicinity of seismic operations

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Robertson, F. C., Koski, W. R. and Trites, A. W.

Aerial surveys are sometimes used to assess the densities of wide-ranging whales, as well as changes in their distributions in response to human activity. Such surveys...
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Keywords: Alaska, Availability, Beaufort Sea, Behavior, Bowhead whale, Distance sampling, G(0), Generalized additive model, Seismic survey, Spatial models