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Temporary shift in masked hearing thresholds in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) after exposure to seismic airgun stimuli

2009
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Lucke, K., Siebert, U., Lepper, P. A. and Blanchet, M. A.

An auditory study was conducted to derive data on temporary threshold shift (TTS) induced by single impulses. This information should serve as basis for the definition...
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Keywords: Harbour porpoise, Masked hearing, Seismic airgun

Effects of exposure to seismic airgun use on hearing of three fish species.

2005
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Popper, A. N., Smith, M. E., Cott, P. A., Hanna, B. W., MacGillivray, A. O., Austin, M. E., Mann, D. A.

Seismic airguns produce considerable amounts of acoustic energy that have the potential to affect marine life. This study investigates the effects of exposure to a 730...
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Keywords: Acoustic energy, Hearing, Seismic airgun

Effects of seismic air guns on marine fish.

2001
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Continental Shelf Research

Wardle, C. S., Carter, T. J., Urquhart, G. G., Johnstone, A. D. F., Ziolkowski, A. M., Hampson, G. and Mackie, D.

Observations of marine fish and invertebrates on an inshore reef were made using TV and acoustic tags one week before, during, and four days after a...
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Keywords: Inshore reef, Marine fish, Seismic airgun

A review of the impacts of seismic airgun surveys on marine life.

2013
Open Access Literature Review

CBD Expert Workshop on Underwater Noise and its Impacts on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

Weilgart, L.

It is clear that a human-caused modification that extends across 300,000 km2 or distances of 4,000 km from the noise source 80-95% days of the month,...
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Keywords: Marine life, Oil and gas, Review, Seismic airgun

The behavioural response of migrating humpback whales to a full seismic Airgun arrays

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R. D., Kniest, E., Slade, R., Paton , D., Cato, D. H.

Despite concerns on the effects of noise from seismic survey airguns on marine organisms, there remains uncertainty as to the biological significance of any response. This...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Behavioural response study, Biological significance, Humpback whale, Seismic airgun