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Efforts to advance underwater noise management in Canada: Introduction to the Marine Pollution Bulletin Special Issue,

2022
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Breeze, H., Nolet, V., Thomson, D., Wright, A.J., Marotte, E., Sanders, M.,

Review of mitigation measures introduced to manage underwater noise in Canada. Overview of scope of Canada’s National ocean noise strategy....
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Keywords: Canada, Killer whales, Mitigation measures, National ocean noise strategy, Vessel slow downs

Noise pollution on coral reefs? — A yet underestimated threat to coral reef communities

2021
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Ferrier-Pagès, C., Leal, M.C., Calado, R., Schmid, D.W., Bertucci, F., Lecchini, D. ,Allemand, D.

Review of anthropogenic noise impacting coral reefs. Differentiation of impact based on species acoustic sensitivity. Highlights most promising mitigation measures available....
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Keywords: Acoustic sensitivity, Behavioural response, Coral reefs, Legislation., Mitigation measures, Vocal fish

How can ports act to reduce underwater noise from shipping? Identifying effective management frameworks

2022
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Virto, L.R., Dumez, H., Romero, C., Bailly, D.

Suggestion of best practices to mitigate shipping noise. Includes assessment of discounted port fees and ship wait times. Identifies vessel’s own knowledge of baseline noise as...
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Keywords: Cost reduction, Legislation., Mitigation measures, Port fees, Port noise, Shipping noise

Directional hydrophone clusters reveal evasive responses of small cetaceans to disturbance during construction at offshore windfarms

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biology Letters

Graham, I. M., Gillespie, D., Gkikopoulou, K. C., Hastie, G. D. and Thompson, P.M.

Testing of hypothesis that harbour porpoises respond to acoustic mitigation devices at an offshore windfarm by moving away. During baseline periods, porpoise movements were evenly distributed...
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Keywords: Acoustic deterrent device, Evasive response, Mitigation measures, Offshore windfarm, Passive acoustic monitoring, Phonotaxis