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Responses of Harbour Porpoises to Pile Driving at the Horns Rev II Offshore Wind Farm in the Danish North Sea

2011
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Brandt, M.J., Diederichs, A., Betke, K. and Nehls, G

Pile driving during offshore windfarm construction goes along with considerable noise emissions that potentially harm marine mammals in the vicinity and may cause large scale disturbances....
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Keywords: Acoustic activity, Acoustic Monitoring, Behaviour, Construction noise, Marine mammals, Offshore windfarm, Phocoena phocoena, Porpoise detectors

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