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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sea Mammal Research UnitScottish Oceans InstituteSchool of Biology University of Saint Andrews
A primary goal of this international cooperative research program was to investigate behavioral reactions of three species of whales (bottlenose whales, minke whales, and humpback whales)...
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