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Risks posed to the Antarctic marine environment by acoustic instruments: a structured analysis.

2005
Pay-walled Journal Article

Antarctic Science Ltd.

SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research),

The risks posed by a range of acoustic scientific instruments were assessed by the construction of matrices of scale and likelihood. We recognized six levels of...
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Keywords: Acoustic instruments, Antarctic, Marine environment

Overview of the impacts of anthropogenic underwater sound in the marine environment.

2009
Open Access Report

Biodiversity Series

OSPAR

This paper presents the Overview of the Impacts of Anthropogenic Underwater Sound in the Marine Environment in the modular approach. Besides this introductory chapter, it is...
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Keywords: Antropogenic underwater sound, Marine environment

Effects of sound exposure from a seismic airgun on heart rate, acceleration and depth use in free-swimming Atlantic cod and saithe

2019
Open Access Article

Conservation Physiology

Davidsen, Jan G., Dong Hefeng, Linné Markus, Andersson Mathias H., Piper Adam, Prystay Tanya S., Hvam Eivind B., Thorstad Eva B., Whoriskey Frederick, Cooke Steven J., Sjursen Aslak D., Rønning Lars, Netland Tim C., and Hawkins Anthony D.

Airguns used for offshore seismic exploration by the oil and gas industry contribute to globally increasing anthropogenic noise levels in the marine environment. There is concern...
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Keywords: Airguns, Anthropogenic noise, Atlantic cod, Fish behaviour, Marine environment, Oil and gas, Particle motion, Saithe, Seismic exploration, Sound pressure, Stress