[HTML][HTML] A decade of underwater noise research in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

ND Merchant, RL Putland, M André, E Baudin… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Underwater noise from human activities is now widely recognised as a threat to marine life.
Nevertheless, legislation which directly addresses this source of pollution is lacking. The first …

Small reductions in cargo vessel speed substantially reduce noise impacts to marine mammals

CR Findlay, L Rojano-Doñate, J Tougaard… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Global reductions in the underwater radiated noise levels from cargo vessels are needed to
reduce increasing cumulative impacts to marine wildlife. We use a vessel exposure …

[HTML][HTML] Ship noise causes tagged harbour porpoises to change direction or dive deeper

CK Frankish, AM von Benda-Beckmann… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shipping is the most pervasive source of marine noise pollution globally, yet its impact on
sensitive fauna remains unclear. We tracked 10 harbour porpoises for 5–10 days to …

[HTML][HTML] Is Maritime Spatial Planning a tool to mitigate the impacts of underwater noise? A review of adopted and upcoming maritime spatial plans in Europe

S Bosi, E Ramieri, M Picciulin, S Menegon, M Ghezzo… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Sound is essential for marine life and, as anthropogenic noise in the marine environment
increases, the scientific community becomes more aware of its negative impacts on marine …

[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 …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of soundscapes as an ecological tool

RP Schoeman, C Erbe, G Pavan… - Exploring animal …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Whether listening in a forest or on an open plain, by the side of a river or in the ocean, at the
outskirts of suburbia or right downtown, the Earth abounds with sounds. The use of the term …

[HTML][HTML] Underwater noise emissions from ships during 2014–2020

JP Jalkanen, L Johansson, MH Andersson… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reports trends in the input of underwater noise source energy emission from
global shipping, based on bottom-up modeling of individual ships. In terms of energy, we …

Exposure and behavioral responses of tagged beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) to ships in the Pacific Arctic

MJ Martin, WD Halliday, L Storrie, JJ Citta… - Marine Mammal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic marine mammals face a multitude of challenges linked to climate change, including
increasing anthropogenic noise from ship traffic. The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) …

[HTML][HTML] A functional regression analysis of vessel source level measurements from the Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) database

AO MacGillivray, LM Ainsworth, J Zhao… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Measurements of the source levels of 9880 passes of 3188 different large commercial ships
from the Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) program database were …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed acoustic sensing recordings of low-frequency whale calls and ship noise offshore Central Oregon

WSD Wilcock, S Abadi, BP Lipovsky - JASA Express Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a technique that measures strain changes along an
optical fiber to distances of∼ 100 km with a spatial sensitivity of tens of meters. In November …