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Implications of porpoise echolocation and dive behaviour on passive acoustic monitoring

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Macaulay, J.D.J., Rojano-Doñate, L., Ladegaard, M.,Tougaard, J., Teilmann, J., Marques, T.A., Siebert, U., Madsen, P.T.,

Investigation of effectiveness of PAM on porpoise detection in response to behavioural triggers. Study posits that dive behaviour can significantly impact probability of detection and consideration...
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Keywords: Behavioural response, PAM, Porpoises

Passive acoustic methods for tracking the 3D movements of small cetaceans around marine structures

2020
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Plos ONE

Gillespie, D., Palmer, L., Macaulay, J., Sparling, C. abd Hastie, G.

Description of the development and application of a system for monitoring the three-dimensional movements of cetaceans in the immediate vicinity of a subsea structure. The system...
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Keywords: Background signal noise, Computer software, Dolphins, Echolocation, Marine environments, Porpoises, Time measurement, Toads

Acoustic ecology of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) between two U.S. offshore wind energy areas

2023
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Holdman, A.K., Tregenza, N., Van Parijs, S.M., DeAngelis, A.I.

Porpoise population monitored in vicinity of Offshore Wind Farm in New England. Seasonality, time of day, lunar illumination, and temperature contribute significantly to presence/absence. Behavioural disruption...
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Keywords: New England, Offshore wind, Population Study, Porpoises

The effects of marine traffic on the behaviour of Black Sea harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta) within the Istanbul Strait, Turkey.

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Akkaya Bas, A., Christiansen, F., Amaha Öztürk, A., Öztürk, B. and McIntosh, C.

Marine traffic is threatening cetaceans on a local and global scale. The Istanbul Strait is one of the busiest waterways, with up to 2,500 vessels present...
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Keywords: Black Sea, Istanbul, Marine traffic, Porpoises, Turkey