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Proximate Measurements of Acoustic Emissions Associated with the Installation and Operation of an Exploration Jackup Drilling Rig in the North Sea.

2012
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Todd V.L.G. and White P.R.

Underwater sound recordings were obtained from the Noble Kolskaya jackup gas-exploration drilling rig in the North Sea on the Dogger Bank. The aim was to document...
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Keywords: Acoustic emissions, Jackup Drilling Rigs, North Sea

Distribution and abundance of the harbour porpoise and other small cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters-Final report.

1995
Pay-walled Book

Life

Hammond, P.S., Benke, H., Borchers D.L., Buckland S.T., Collet A., Hiede-Jørgensen, M.P., Heimlich- Boran, S., Hiby, A.R., Leopold, M.F. and Øien, N.

Sea mammals are under threat across the world. Pollution, capture in fishing nets, over-fishing of their food supplies, hunting and other factors are contributing to this...
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Keywords: Abundance, Cetaceans, Distribution, Harbour porpoise, North Sea

Effects of Pile-driving on Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) at the First Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

2013
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Environmental Research Letters

Dahne, M., Gilles, A., Lucke, K., Peschko, V., Adler, S., Krugel, K., Sundermayer, J. and Siebert, U.

The first offshore wind farm ‘alpha ventus’ in the German North Sea was constructed north east of Borkum Reef Ground approximately 45 km north off the...
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Keywords: Aerial surveys, Behavioural reactions, C-PODs, Harbour porpoise, North Sea, Offshore wind farm, Pile driving, Static acoustic monitoring, Underwater noise effects

An analysis of potential broad-scale impacts on harbour porpoise from proposed pile driving activities in the North Sea

2015
Open Access Report

Report of an expert group convened under the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives – Marine Evidence Group

Tougaard, J., Buckland, S., Robinson, S. and Southall, B.

An expert group was commissioned by the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives – Marine Evidence Group (co-ordinated by Defra) to provide an objective, scientific assessment of...
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Keywords: Harbour porpoise, North Sea, Pile driving

Underwater noise levels in UK waters

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Scientific Reports

Nathan D. Merchant, N. D., Brookes, K. L., Faulkner, R. C., Bicknell, A. W. J., Godley, B. J. and Witt , M. J.

Underwater noise from human activities appears to be rising, with ramifications for acoustically sensitive marine organisms and the functioning of marine ecosystems. Policymakers are beginning to...
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Keywords: Celtic Sea, Field measurement, North Sea

Quantitative assessment of the development of the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea

1996
Open Access Journal Article

ICES Journal of Marine Science

de Groot, S. J.

An overview is given of the development of the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea and the possible physical impact on the ecosystem...
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Keywords: Drilling, Hdyrocarbon industry, North Sea, Pipelines, Seismic exploration

An Overview of Plankton Ecology in the North Sea

2001
Open Access Report

Strategic Envioronmental Assessment

Johns, D. & Reid, P.,

The purpose of this report is to give an overview of plankton ecology in the North Sea, and the processes that affect it, as derived from...
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Keywords: Ecology, North Sea, Plankton

Continuous plankton records: seasonal variations in the distribution and abundance of plankton in the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.

1982
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Plankton Research

Colebrook, J. M.

Charts are presented of the seasonal variations in the distribution of four phytoplankton and five zooplankton taxa in the North Atlantic and the North Sea. The...
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Keywords: North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Plankton, Seasonal variations

The benthic infauna of the North Sea: species distribution and assemblages.

1992
Pay-walled Journal Article

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Künitzer A, Basford D, Craeymeersch JA, Dewarumez JM, Dörjes J, Duineveld GCA, Eleftheriou A, Heip C, Herman P, Kingston P, Niermann U, Rachor E, Rumohr H & de Wilde P.A.J.

In 1986 participants of the Benthos Ecology Working Group of ICES conducted a synoptic mapping of the infauna of the southern and central North Sea. Together...
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Keywords: Benthic, Infauna, North Sea, Species distribution

Underwater Noise Monitoring in the North Sea

2019
Open Access Article

Hydro International

Niels Kinneging

Eleven institutes from the countries bordering the North Sea have joined forces in the Jomopans project to implement a novel monitoring strategy for underwater sound. Due...
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Keywords: Continuous sound, JOMOPANS project, Monitoring, North Sea, Underwater noise

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