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Rerouting of a major shipping lane through important harbour porpoise habitat caused no detectable change in annual occurrence or foraging patterns

2024
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Owen, K., Carlström, J., Eriksson, P., Andersson, M., Nordström, R., Lalander, E., Sveegaard, S., Kyhn, L.A., Griffiths, E.T., Cosentino, M., Tougaard, J.

Study looks at planned re-routing of major shipping lane in Baltic sea. to investigate the impact on the presence and foraging behaviour of a marine species...
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Keywords: Behavioural response, Foraging behaviour, Long term response, PAM system, Shipping lanes

Pile driving noise impacts behavioral patterns of important East Asian juvenile marine fishes

2024
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Kim, B., Jin, G., Y., Byeon, Park, S.Y., Lee, C., Lee, J., Noh, J., Khim, J.S.

Assessment of pile driving noise impact on 3 sensitive species local to Korea. Pile driving noise playback induced rapid changes in L. japonicus and A. schlegelii...
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Keywords: Behavioural response, Kora, Pile driving, Playback, Single species

Noise pollution on coral reefs? — A yet underestimated threat to coral reef communities

2021
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Ferrier-Pagès, C., Leal, M.C., Calado, R., Schmid, D.W., Bertucci, F., Lecchini, D. ,Allemand, D.

Review of anthropogenic noise impacting coral reefs. Differentiation of impact based on species acoustic sensitivity. Highlights most promising mitigation measures available....
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Keywords: Acoustic sensitivity, Behavioural response, Coral reefs, Legislation., Mitigation measures, Vocal fish

An overview of North Atlantic right whale acoustic behavior, hearing capabilities, and responses to sound,

2021
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Matthews, L.P, Parks, S.E.,

Baseline of communicative, perceptual and acoustic capabilities of northern right whale. Behaviour variable between habitats. Understanding based on vocalizations as proxy for hearing ability, anatomical modelling,...
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Keywords: Behavioural response, Hearing sensitivity, Right whale, Vocalizations. Acoustic capability

Ship noise causes tagged harbour porpoises to change direction or dive deeper

2023
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frankish, C.K., von Benda-Beckmann, A.M., Teilmann, J., Tougaard, J., Dietz, R., Sveegaard, S., Binnerts, B., de Jong, C.A.F., Nabe-Nielsen, J.

Study tracks Harbour porpoise pod to observe behavioural reactions to modelled broadband noise. Exposure above ambient level recorded one third of time. Reacted by diving deeper....
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Keywords: Behavioural response, Cetacean, Harbour porpoise, Hearing sensitivity

Implications of porpoise echolocation and dive behaviour on passive acoustic monitoring

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Macaulay, J.D.J., Rojano-Doñate, L., Ladegaard, M.,Tougaard, J., Teilmann, J., Marques, T.A., Siebert, U., Madsen, P.T.,

Investigation of effectiveness of PAM on porpoise detection in response to behavioural triggers. Study posits that dive behaviour can significantly impact probability of detection and consideration...
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Keywords: Behavioural response, PAM, Porpoises

The behavioural response of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to a 20 cubic inch air gun

2015
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Aquatic Mammals

Dunlop, R., Noad, M., McCauley, R., Kniest, E. et al.

Seismic surveys are widely used for exploration for oil and gas deposits below the sea floor. Despite concern they may have an impact on whale behav­iour,...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Baleen whales, Behavioural response, BRAHSS, Seismic

Population-level consequences of seismic surveys on fishes: An interdisciplinary challenge

2019
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Fish and Fisheries

Hans Slabbekoorn, John Dalen, Disk de Haan, Hendrik V. Winter, Craig Radford, Michael A. Ainslie, Kevin D. Heaney, Tobias van Kooten, Len Thomas, John Harwood

Offshore activities elevate ambient sound levels at sea, which may affect marine fauna. We reviewed the literature about impact of airgun acoustic exposure on fish in...
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Keywords: Airgun, Behavioural response, Dynamic energy budget, Fish hearing, PCAD4CoD, Population consequences of acoustic disturbance, Stress physiology

Multivariate analysis of behavioural response experiments in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

The Journal of Experimental Biology

Dunlop, R., Noad, M., Cato, D., Kniest, E. et al.

The behavioural response study (BRS) is an experimental design used by field biologists to determine the function and/or behavioural effects of conspecific, heterospecific or anthropogenic stimuli....
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Behavioural response, BRAHSS, BRS, Humpback whales, Social sounds

Marine mammals and sonar: Dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context.

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Applied Ecology

Harris, C.M., L. Thomas, E.A. Falcone, J. Hildebrand, D. Houser, P.H. Kvadsheim, F.P.A. Lam, P.J.O. Miller, D.J. Moretti, A.J. Read, H. Slabbekoorn, B.L. Southall, P.L. Tyack, D. Wartzok, and V.M. Janik.

Marine mammals may be negatively affected by anthropogenic noise. Behavioural response studies (BRS) aim to establish a relationship between noise exposure conditions (dose) from a potential...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Anti-predator response, Behavioural response, Cetaceans, Dose-response, Human disturbance, Impact assessment, Marine mammals, Sonar

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