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EIA Database

Airgun inter-pulse noise field during a seismic survey in an Arctic ultra shallow marine environment

2015
Open Access Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Guan, Shane, Vignola Joseph, Judge John, and Turo Diego

Offshore oil and gas exploration using seismic airguns generates intense underwater pulses that could cause marine mammal hearing impairment and/or behavioral disturbances. However, few studies have...
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Keywords: Acoustic masking, Arctic, Behavioural disturbance, Hearing impairment, Noise levels, Offshore, Oil and gas, Seafloor phenomena, Seismic airguns, Shallow marine environment

Critical information gaps remain in understanding impacts of industrial seismic surveys on marine vertebrates

2019
Open Access Article

Endangered Species Research

Elliott, B. W., Read A. J., Godley B. J., Nelms S. E., and Nowacek D. P.

Anthropogenic noise is increasing throughout the world’s oceans. One major contributor is industrial seismic surveys—a process typically undertaken to locate and estimate the quantity of oil...
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Keywords: Chronic stress, Marine mammals, Marine turtles, Marine vertebrates, Ocean noise, Seismic airguns, Turtles