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Assessing underwater noise levels during pile-driving at an offshore wind farm and its potential effects on marine mammals

2010
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Bailey, H., Senior, B., Simmons, D., Rusin, J., Picken, G. and Thompson, P. M

Marine renewable developments have raised concerns over impacts of underwater noise on marine species, particularly from pile-driving for wind turbines. Environmental assessments typically use generic sound...
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Keywords: Ambient noise, Bottlenose dolphins, Marine mammals, Marine protected area, Noise impacts, Piling, Renewable energy, Wind farm

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

New insights into pelagic migrations: Implicatios for ecology and conservation

2012
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Costa, D., Breed, G. and Robinson, P.

Highly pelagic large marine vertebrates have evolved the capability of moving across large expanses of the marine environment; some species routinely move across entire ocean basins....
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Keywords: Animal navigation, Animal tracking, Argos, Global positioning system, Marine protected area, Pelagic migrations, Satellite telemetry, Transect survey