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A sound approach to assessing the impact of underwater noise on marine fishes and invertebrates

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Hawkins, A. D. and Popper, A. N.

Increasing attention is being paid to the ecological consequences of underwater noise generated by human activities such as shipping and maritime industries including, but not limited...
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Keywords: Airgun, Criteria, Fish, Ground roll, Invertebrate, Noise, Particle motion, Pile driving, Regulation, Seismic, Shipping, Sonar, Sound

Effects of sound exposure from a seismic airgun on heart rate, acceleration and depth use in free-swimming Atlantic cod and saithe

2019
Open Access Article

Conservation Physiology

Davidsen, Jan G., Dong Hefeng, Linné Markus, Andersson Mathias H., Piper Adam, Prystay Tanya S., Hvam Eivind B., Thorstad Eva B., Whoriskey Frederick, Cooke Steven J., Sjursen Aslak D., Rønning Lars, Netland Tim C., and Hawkins Anthony D.

Airguns used for offshore seismic exploration by the oil and gas industry contribute to globally increasing anthropogenic noise levels in the marine environment. There is concern...
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Keywords: Airguns, Anthropogenic noise, Atlantic cod, Fish behaviour, Marine environment, Oil and gas, Particle motion, Saithe, Seismic exploration, Sound pressure, Stress

The importance of particle motion to fishes and invertebrates

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Popper, A. N. and Hawkins, A. D.

This paper considers the importance of particle motion to fishes and invertebrates and the steps that need to be taken to improve knowledge of its effects....
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Keywords: Fish, Invertebrates, Particle motion