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Underwater acoustic impacts of shipping management measures: Results from a social-ecological model of boat and whale movements in the St. Lawrence River Estuary (Canada)

2017
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Ecological Modelling

Chion, C., Lagrois, D., Dupras, J., Turgeon, S., McQuinn, I. H., Michaud, R., Ménard, N. and Parrott, L.

The recovery of whale species at risk requires the implementation of protection measures designed to mitigate the risks posed by various stressors. In the St. Lawrence...
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Keywords: Acoustic modelling, Agent-based model, Coupled human-natural system, Endangered species conservation, Human wildlife interactions, Individual-based model, Marine protected area, Noise in the environment, Underwater acoustic impact assessments, Whale ecology

Harbour porpoise movement strategy affects cumulative number of animals acoustically exposed to underwater explosions

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Aarts, G., von Benda-Beckmann, A. M., Lucke, K., Sertlek, H. Ö., van Bemmelen, R., Geelhoed, S. C. V., Brasseur, S., Scheidat, M., Lam, F.-P., Slabbekoorn, H. and Kirkwood, R.

Anthropogenic sound in the marine environment can have negative consequences for marine fauna. Since most sound sources are intermittent or continuous, estimating how many individuals are...
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Keywords: Acoustics, Anthropogenic sound, Cumulative effects, Impact assessment, Individual-based model, Marine mammals, Population consequences of disturbance, Species distribution