[HTML][HTML] Vessel noise prior to pile driving at offshore windfarm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones

A Benhemma-Le Gall, P Thompson, N Merchant… - Environmental impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efforts to meet climate change targets are resulting in rapid and global expansion of offshore
windfarms. In many regions, development areas are also used by protected marine …

Sound reception and hearing capabilities in the Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor): first predicted in-air and underwater audiograms

C Wei, C Erbe - Royal Society Open Science, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite increasing concern about the effects of anthropogenic noise on marine fauna,
relevant research is limited, particularly in those inaccessible species, such as the Little …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical analysis of measured underwater radiated noise from merchant ships using ship operational and design parameters

M Sakai, R Haga, T Tsuchiya, T Akamatsu… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Ships unintentionally radiate underwater noise mainly due to propeller cavitation under
usual operations. In 2022, the International Maritime Organization started a review of the …

Addressing underwater noise: Joint efforts and progress on its global governance

N Rako-Gospić, M Picciulin - Advances in Marine Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Underwater noise generated by human activities has become a major reason of concern
over the past decades as human exploitation of world seas became more intense. A key to …

Low-to-Mid-Frequency Monopole Source Levels of Underwater Noise from Small Recreational Vessels in the St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga Critical Habitat

D Lagrois, C Kowalski, JF Sénécal, CCA Martins… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anthropogenic noise from navigation is a major contributor to the disturbance of the acoustic
soundscape in underwater environments containing noise-sensitive life forms. While …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the efficiency of a source-level model to predict hydrophone-based received noise levels of the St. Lawrence Estuary's merchant fleet

D Lagrois, CCA Martins, JF Sénécal, S Turgeon… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) source-level model was
statistically derived using nearly 10,000 vessel transits along Canada's western coast …

Prediction of shipping noise in range-dependent environments

EK Skarsoulis, G Piperakis, A Prospathopoulos… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A prediction model for shipping noise in range-dependent environments based on coupled-
mode theory is presented, as an enhancement to existing adiabatic normal-mode …

Approaching merchant ships elicit behavioral changes in Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) in the St. Lawrence River, Canada

JF Senecal, A Dupuch, D Lagrois… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There are gaps in our understanding of sturgeon's response to anthropogenic sounds and
the spatial scales at which they occur. We measured spatial displacement of Atlantic …

Fully electric ship propulsion reduces airborne noise but not underwater noise

C Andersson, AT Johansson, A Genell, J Winroth - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrification of ships offers zero-emission travel and is spreading rapidly, but the relation
between electric ship propulsion and noise pollution is not generally understood. Here …

'PIANO': A physics-based semi-empirical source level model for fleet-scale ship URN prediction

T Lloyd, JM Daniel, J Bosschers… - … Symposium on Marine …, 2024 - tore.tuhh.de
Concern is growing about the impacts of continuous underwater radiated noise (URN) from
ships on marine fauna. In anticipation of future regulation new tools are needed for the …