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Abatement of underwater noise pollution from pile-driving and explosions in UK waters

2020
Open Access Report

Report of the UKAN workshop held on Tuesday 12 November 2019 at The Royal Society, London

Nathan D. Merchant & Stephen P. Robinson

Underwater noise pollution from the installation of offshore wind turbine foundations and the detonation of unexploded ordnance (UXO) is recognised as an issue of growing concern...
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Keywords: Noise abatement, Offshore wind turbine, Under water noise pollution

Impulsive noise pollution in the Northeast Atlantic: Reported activity during 2015–2017

2020
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Merchant, N. D., Andersson, M., box, T., Le Courtois, F., Cronin, D., Holdsworth, N., Kinneging, N., Mendes, S., Merck, T., Mouat, J., Norro, A., M. J., Ollivier, B., Pinto, C., Stamp, P. and Tougaard, J.

Underwater noise pollution from impulsive sources (e.g. explosions, seismic airguns, percussive pile driving) can affect marine fauna through mortality, physical injury, auditory damage, physiological stress, acoustic...
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Keywords: Marine mammal, Noise abatement, Noise registry, Offshore windfarm, Quieting, Seismic survey