High‐throughput environmental sensing technologies are increasingly central to global
monitoring of the ecological impacts of human activities. In particular, the recent boom in …

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has emerged as a transformative tool for applied
ecology, conservation and biodiversity monitoring, but its potential contribution to …

Concern about the effects of maritime vessel collisions with marine animals is increasing
worldwide. To date, most scientific publications on this topic have focused on the collisions …

Marine mammals can play important ecological roles in aquatic ecosystems, and their
presence can be key to community structure and function. Consequently, marine mammals …

Many organisms depend on sound for communication, predator/prey detection and
navigation. The acoustic environment can therefore play an important role in ecosystem …

Most spatial marine management techniques (eg, marine protected areas) draw stationary
boundaries around often mobile marine features, animals, or resource users. While these …

Marine transportation drives global trade, moving> 10 billion tons of containers, solid, and
liquid bulk cargo across the world's seas annually. Historically, shipping companies and …

Reliable estimation of the size or density of wild animal populations is very important for
effective wildlife management, conservation and ecology. Currently, the most widely used …

Offshore wind power provides a valuable source of renewable energy that can help reduce
carbon emissions. Technological advances are allowing higher capacity turbines to be …

This newest edition adds new material to all chapters, especially in mathematical
propagation models and special applications and inverse techniques. It has updated …