Anthropogenic noise has been identified as a major threat for the recovery of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, population, but little is known about...
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For dredge operations, a risk-based approach has been proposed for identifying, assessing, and managing risks of low-frequency underwater sounds produced from anthropogenic activities; however, specific details...
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Potential effects of underwater noise produced by dredging operations on a variety of organisms have emerged as a concern of environmental agencies. For example, it has...
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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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Changes to benthic infauna caused by scallop dredging at a site in Port Phillip Bay, southeastern Australia, were examined experimentally using a BACI (before, after, control,...
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Dredging and dumping of dredged sediments in estuarine and coastal waters may lead to increased turbidity and enhanced sediment deposition at dump sites. This mainly affects...
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A detailed study of the seabed surrounding dredge pits created during the mining of marine aggregate from a small licence off the south coast of the...
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Composition, Environmental Fates and Biological Effect of Water Based Drilling Muds and Cuttings Discharged to Marine Environment – A Synthesis and Annotated Bibliography
This publication examines recent experimental studies of the impact of towed fishing gears, such as trawls and scallop dredges, on benthic habitats and communities (organisms that...
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During the construction of a gas pipeline from an offshore gas field in northwest Ireland, a year-round shore-based marine mammal monitoring programme was undertaken. Using 6...
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