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EIA Database

A conceptual framework for tiered risk assessment to evaluate the effects of sound from E&P operations on marine mammals

2010
Open Access Report

Final Report

Muir, J., Gliders, M. and Bychkov

The key to an ultimately useful risk assessment methodology is ease of use in the face of data limitations, production of reasonable predictions that fit available...
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Keywords: Marine mammals, Noise, Risk assessment, Sound

Ecological Risk Assessment of Underwater Sounds from Dredging Operations

2020
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Andrew D. McQueen, Burton C Suedel, Christ de Jong, Frank Thomsen

For dredge operations, a risk-based approach has been proposed for identifying, assessing, and managing risks of low-frequency underwater sounds produced from anthropogenic activities; however, specific details...
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Keywords: Dredging, Risk assessment, Risk framework, Sound pressure level, Underwater noise

The implications of developments on the Atlantic Frontier for marine mammals

2001
Pay-walled Journal Article

Continental Shelf Research

Harwood, J. and Wilson, B.

We review the available information on the distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the Atlantic Frontier area, and the literature on the potential effects of...
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Keywords: Abudance, Cetaceans, Distribution, Oil exploration, Pinnipeds, Risk assessment

Underwater noise modelling for environmental impact assessment.

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Farcas A., Thompson P. M. and Merchant N. D.

Assessment of underwater noise is increasingly required by regulators of development projects in marine and freshwater habitats, and noise pollution can be a constraining factor in...
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Keywords: Acoustic modelling, Bioacoustics, Disturbance, Marine mammals, Noise, Risk assessment

From science to operations: How research is used to manage acoustic E&P industry risks to marine mammal populations

2016
Open Access Studies supported by the SML JIP

JIP Sound and Marine Life

JIP

The IOGP Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Programme (SML JIP or JIP) examined a generic Source-Pathway Receiver risk assessment process to: a) Identify data needs...
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Keywords: Risk assessment