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EIA Database

Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management.

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Biological Conservation

Hammond, P.S., Macleod, K., Berggren, P., Borchers, D.L., Burt, M.L., Cañadas, A., Desportes, G., Donovan, G.P., Gilles, A., Gillespie, D., Gordon, J., Hiby, L., Kuklik, I., Leaper, R., Lehnert, K., Leopold, M., Lovell, P., Øien, N., Paxton, C.G.M., Ridoux, V., Rogan, E., Samarra, F., Scheidat, M., Sequeira, M., Siebert, U., Skov, H., Swift, R., Tasker, M.L., Teilmann, J., Van Canneyt, O. & Vázquez, J.A.

The European Union (EU) Habitats Directive requires Member States to monitor and maintain at favourable conservation status those species identified to be in need of protection,...
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Keywords: Cetacean, Conservation, European Atlantic Shelf, Management

Implementation of a method to visualize noise-induced hearing loss in mass stranded cetaceans

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Scientific Reports

Morell, M., Brownlow, A., McGovern, B., Raverty, S. A., Shadwick, R. E. and André, M.

Assessment of the impact of noise over-exposure in stranded cetaceans is challenging, as the lesions that lead to hearing loss occur at the cellular level and...
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Keywords: Cetacean, Hearing loss

Signal-specific amplitude adjustment to noise in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

2019
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Experimental Biology

Kragh, I. M., McHugh, K., Wells, R. S., Sayigh, L. S., Janik, V. M., Tyack, P. L. and Jensen, F. H.

Anthropogenic underwater noise has increased over the past century, raising concern about the impact on cetaceans that rely on sound for communication, navigation and locating prey...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Cetacean, Communication, Lombard response, Masking, Signature whistle

Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises

2015
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Tougaard, J., Wright, A.J. and Madsen, P.T.

The impact of underwater noise on marine life calls for identification of exposure criteria to inform mitigation. Here we review recent experimental evidence with focus on...
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Keywords: Acoustic exposure, Behavioural response, Cetacean, Harbour porpoise

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Cetacea: Delphinidae).

2016
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Mammalian Species

Galatius, A. and Kinze, C.C.,

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846a) is a delphinid commonly called the white-beaked dolphin. A robustly built dolphin with black, white, and gray coloration, it has a whitish...
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Keywords: Cetacean, Continental shelf, Dolphin, North Atlantic, Subarctic waters, Temperate waters, White-beaked dolphin

The identification of discrete and persistent areas of relatively high harbour porpoise density in the wider UK marine area.

2015
Open Access Report

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Heinänen, S. and Skov, H.

For the further development of the UK’s Natura 2000 network, a network of nature protection areas established under the EU Birds and Habitats Directive, identifying discrete...
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Keywords: Cetacean, Evidence, JNCC publications, JNCC report series, Mammals, Marine, Monitoring, Species, Surveillance and monitoring, UK Biodiversity

A bioenergetics model to evaluate demographic consequences of disturbance in marine mammals applied to gray whales

2015
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Ecosphere

Villegas-Amtmann, S., Schwarz, L.K, Sumich, J.L & Costa, D.P

While sophisticated tools are used to monitor behavioral changes of large marine vertebrates, determining whether these changes are meaningful for management and conservation is challenging. The...
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Keywords: Bayesian analysis, Cetacean, Energetic cost, Eschrichtius robustus, Metabolic rate

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