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Identifying modelled ship noise hotspots for marine mammals of Canada's Pacific region

2014
Open Access Journal Article

PLOS ONE

Erbe, Christine, Williams Rob, Sandilands Doug, and Ashe Erin

The inshore, continental shelf waters of British Columbia (BC), Canada is busy with ship traffic. South coast waters are heavily trafficked by ships using the ports...
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Keywords: Canada, Density maps, Marine mammals, Modelling, Ship traffic, Underwater noise

Long-term sound and movement recording tags to study natural behavior and reaction to ship noise of seals

2019
Open Access Article

Ecology and Evolution

Mikkelsen, Lonnie, Johnson Mark, Wisniewska Danuta Maria, van Neer Abbo, Siebert Ursula, Madsen Peter Teglberg, and Teilmann Jonas

The impact of anthropogenic noise on marine fauna is of increasing conservation concern with vessel noise being one of the major contributors. Animals that rely on...
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Keywords: AIS, Anthropogenic noise, DTAGs, Grey seals, Harbour seals, Ship traffic, Vessel noise

Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales

2012
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Rolland, R. M., Parks, S. E., Hunt, K. E., Castellote, M., Corkeron, P. J., Nowacek, D. P., Wasser, S. K. and Kraus, S. D.

Baleen whales (Mysticeti) communicate using low-frequency acoustic signals. These long-wavelength sounds can be detected over hundreds of kilometres, potentially allowing contact over large distances. Low-frequency noise...
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Keywords: Glucocorticoids, Right whales, Ship traffic, Stress, Underwater noise