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Scaling offshore pile driving noise: examples for scenarios with and without a big bubble curtain

2022
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

von Pein, J., Lippert, T., Lippert, S. and von Estorff, O.

Assessment of sound level predictions in relation to of mitigation measures for offshore piling to comply with pressure thresholds. Complex numerical models often applied for precise...
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Keywords: Bubble curtains, Mitigation, Pile driving, Sound pressure levels

A Summary of Existing and Future Potential Treatments for Reducing Underwater Sounds from Oil and Gas Industry Activities

2007
Pay-walled Conference

OCEANS 2007

Spence, J. H.

This paper summarizes the efforts undertaken by the author to identify existing and future potential methods to reduce underwater sound levels created by nearly all oil...
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Keywords: Mitigation, Oil and gas, Review, Underwater noise

Likely sensitivity of bottlenose dolphins to pile-driving noise

2006
Pay-walled Journal Article

Water and Environment Journal

David, J. A.

Pile driver-generated noise has the potential to affect dolphin populations adversely as it is detectable up to 40 km from the source. At 9 kHz, this...
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Keywords: Bottlenose dolphin, Mitigation, Pile driving

A review and inventory of fixed installation passive acoustic monitoring methods and technologies (revised with appendix 26 May 2010)

2010
Open Access Report

Final Report

Norris, T., Oswald, J. and Sousa-Lima, R.

In summary, this report includes a review of three main types of fixed PAM systems and the detection/classification algorithms that can be used to efficiently process...
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Keywords: Acoustics, Autonomous recorders, Fixed systems, Marine mammals, Mitigation, Monitoring, PAM

Understanding the current state of autonomous technologies to improve/expand observation and detection of marine species

2016
Open Access Report

Final Report

Verfuss, U., Aniceto, A., Biuw, M., Fielding, S. et al.

This report has been conducted to enhance the understanding of how autonomous vehicle systems can be used to monitor marine mammals and other marine animals in...
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Keywords: Autonomous vehicle systems, Literature review, Mitigation, Oil and gas

Discovery of Sound in the Sea - Determining mitigation and monitoring through the ecological risk assessment process.

2016
Open Access Other media

https://www.dosits.org/resources/

DOSITS

Video...
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Keywords: Ecological, Mitigation, Monitoring, Risk

Development of an air bubble curtain to reduce underwater noise of percussive piling

2000
Pay-walled Journal Article

Marine Environmental Research

Wursig, B., Greene Jr., C. R. and Jefferson, T. A.

Underwater bubbles can inhibit sound transmission through water due to density mismatch and concomitant reflection and absorption of sound waves. For the present study, a perforated...
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Keywords: Attenuation, Bubble curtain, Bubble screening, Dolphins, Environment, Mitigation, Noise, Pile driving, Sounds, Sousa chinensis

Input to revision of guidelines regarding underwater noise from oil and gas activities – effets on marine mammals and mitigation measures.

2016
Open Access Report

Danish Centre for Environment and Energy

Tougaard, J.,

Seismic surveys in connection to oil and gas activities have the potential to disturb and injure marine organisms, due to the high sound pressures generated by...
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Keywords: Guidelines, Marine mammals, Mitigation, Oil and gas, Underwater noise

A review and inventory of fixed autonomous recorders for passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Aquatic Mammals

Sousa-Lima, R., Norris, T., Oswald, J. and Fernandes, D.

Fixed autonomous acoustic recording devices (autonomous recorders [ARs]) are defined as any electronic recording system that acquires and stores acoustic data internally (i.e., without a cable...
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Keywords: Acoustic Monitoring, Autonomous recorders, Fixed systems, Marine mammals, Mitigation, Passive acoustic monitoring

Fixed passive acoustic marine mammal monitoring for estimating species abundance and mitigating the effect of operations on the marine environment

2009
Open Access Report

Final Report

Moretti, D., Casey, T. and Mellinger, D.

Industries that operate in marine environments are under increasing pressure to document the effect of their activity on marine mammals and to evaluate the long-term environmental...
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Keywords: Abundance, Acoustics, Fixed, Marine mammals, Mitigation, Monitoring, Passive

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