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Characterising underwater noise and changes in harbour porpoise behaviour during the decommissioning of an oil and gas platform

2024
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Fernandez-Betelu, O., Graham, I.M., Malcher, F., Webster, E., Cheong, S.H., Wang, L.H., Iorio-Merlo, V., Robinson, S., Thompson, P.M.

Investigation of the response of harbour porpoises to decommissioning in Scotland. The study detected small-scale (< 2 km) and short-term porpoise displacement during decommissioning, with porpoise...
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Keywords: Decommissioning, Displacement, Harbour Porpoises, Occurrence, Scotland

Dredging displaces bottlenose dolphins from an urbanised foraging patch.

2014
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Pirotta, E., Laesser, B. E., Hardaker, A., Riddoch, N., Marcoux, M., and Lusseau, D.

The exponential growth of the human population and its increasing industrial development often involve large scale modifications of the environment. In the marine context, coastal urbanisation...
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Keywords: Construction, Displacement, Dredging, Harbour