Sounding the call for a global library of underwater biological sounds

MJG Parsons, TH Lin, TA Mooney, C Erbe… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aquatic environments encompass the world's most extensive habitats, rich with sounds
produced by a diversity of animals. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly …

[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] 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 …

A Gulf in lockdown: How an enforced ban on recreational vessels increased dolphin and fish communication ranges

MK Pine, L Wilson, AG Jeffs, L McWhinnie… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract From midnight of 26 March 2020, New Zealand became one of the first countries to
enter a strict lockdown to combat the spread of COVID‐19. The lockdown banned all non …

[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 …

Decreased feeding rates of the copepod Acartia tonsa when exposed to playback harbor traffic noise

S Kühn, F King, K Heubel - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Copepods present the largest and most diverse group of zooplankton and their
feeding behavior can affect top-down and bottom-up processes. Thus, how efficient feeding …

Small recreational boats: A ubiquitous source of sound pollution in shallow coastal habitats

L Wilson, MK Pine, CA Radford - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Sound from small recreational boats spans a wide range of frequencies and source levels,
but the degree to which this impacts the soundscapes of shallow coastal habitats is poorly …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A brief overview of current approaches for underwater sound analysis and reporting

NCF van Geel, D Risch, A Wittich - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Soundscapes have substantially changed since the industrial revolution and in response to
biodiversity loss and climate change. Human activities such as shipping, resource …