[HTML][HTML] Validated shipping noise maps of the Northeast Atlantic

A Farcas, CF Powell, KL Brookes… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Underwater noise pollution from shipping is globally pervasive and has a range of adverse
impacts on species which depend on sound, including marine mammals, sea turtles, fish …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-site validation of shipping noise maps using field measurements

RL Putland, CAF De Jong, B Binnerts, A Farcas… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Underwater radiated noise from shipping is globally pervasive and can cause deleterious
effects on marine life, ranging from behavioural responses to physiological effects. Acoustic …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring ship noise to assess the impact of coastal developments on marine mammals

ND Merchant, E Pirotta, TR Barton… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2014 - Elsevier
The potential impacts of underwater noise on marine mammals are widely recognised, but
uncertainty over variability in baseline noise levels often constrains efforts to manage these …

Assessing sound exposure from shipping in coastal waters using a single hydrophone and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data

ND Merchant, MJ Witt, P Blondel, BJ Godley… - Marine pollution …, 2012 - Elsevier
Underwater noise from shipping is a growing presence throughout the world's oceans, and
may be subjecting marine fauna to chronic noise exposure with potentially severe long-term …

[HTML][HTML] A reference spectrum model for estimating source levels of marine shipping based on automated identification system data

A MacGillivray, C De Jong - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Underwater sound mapping is increasingly being used as a tool for monitoring and
managing noise pollution from shipping in the marine environment. Sound maps typically …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning

C Erbe, A MacGillivray, R Williams - … Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Including ocean noise in marine spatial planning requires predictions of noise levels on
large spatiotemporal scales. Based on a simple sound transmission model and ship track …

Underwater noise levels in UK waters

ND Merchant, KL Brookes, RC Faulkner… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Underwater noise from human activities appears to be rising, with ramifications for
acoustically sensitive marine organisms and the functioning of marine ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Averaging underwater noise levels for environmental assessment of shipping

ND Merchant, P Blondel, DT Dakin… - The Journal of the …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Rising underwater noise levels from shipping have raised concerns regarding chronic
impacts to marine fauna. However, there is a lack of consensus over how to average local …

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

C Erbe, R Williams, D Sandilands, E Ashe - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The inshore, continental shelf waters of British Columbia (BC), Canada are busy with ship
traffic. South coast waters are heavily trafficked by ships using the ports of Vancouver and …

A meta-analysis to understand the variability in reported source levels of noise radiated by ships from opportunistic studies

C Chion, D Lagrois, J Dupras - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Commercial shipping is identified as a major source of anthropogenic
underwater noise in several ecologically sensitive areas. Any development project likely to …