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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

In Situ Mortality Experiments with Juvenile Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Relation to Impulsive Sound Levels Caused by Pile Driving of Windmill Foundations

2014
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Debusschere, E., De Coensel, B., Bajek, A., Botteldooren, D., Hostens, K., Vanaverbeke, J., Vandendriessche, S., Van Ginderdeuren, K., Vincx, M. and Degraer, S.

Impact assessments of offshore wind farm installations and operations on the marine fauna are performed in many countries. Yet, only limited quantitative data on the physiological...
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Keywords: In situ study, Juvenile, Mortality, Pile driving, Wind farm