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Underwater noise modelling for environmental impact assessment.

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Farcas A., Thompson P. M. and Merchant N. D.

Assessment of underwater noise is increasingly required by regulators of development projects in marine and freshwater habitats, and noise pollution can be a constraining factor in...
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Keywords: Acoustic modelling, Bioacoustics, Disturbance, Marine mammals, Noise, Risk assessment

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