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Assessing underwater noise levels during pile-driving at an offshore wind farm and its potential effects on marine mammals

2010
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Bailey, H., Senior, B., Simmons, D., Rusin, J., Picken, G. and Thompson, P. M

Marine renewable developments have raised concerns over impacts of underwater noise on marine species, particularly from pile-driving for wind turbines. Environmental assessments typically use generic sound...
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Keywords: Ambient noise, Bottlenose dolphins, Marine mammals, Marine protected area, Noise impacts, Piling, Renewable energy, Wind farm

Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

2019
Pay-walled Article

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Pine, Matthew K., Schmitt Pál, Culloch Ross M., Lieber Lilian, and Kregting Louise T.

The deployment of tidal energy arrays is gaining momentum to provide marine renewable energy (MRE) to the global market. However, there are concerns over the potential...
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Keywords: Acoustics, Harbour porpoise, Harbour seal, Hydrokinetics, Masking, Renewable energy

Monitoring ship noise to assess the impact of coastal developments on marine mammals.

2014
Open Access Journal Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Merchant, Nathan D., Pirotta Enrico, Barton Tim R., and Thompson Paul M.

The potential impacts of underwater noise on marine mammals are widely recognised, but uncertainty over variability in baseline noise levels often constrains efforts to manage these...
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Keywords: Acoustic disturbance, AIS data, Marine mammals, Renewable energy, Ship noise, Time-lapse