A critical examination of worldwide guidelines for minimising the disturbance to marine mammals during seismic surveys

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Compton, Ross ^a   Goodwin, Lissa ^a   Handy, Richard ^a   Abbott, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine mammal; Marine mammal observer; Mitigation; Seismic survey; Underwater noise

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLICY; MITIGATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; UNDERWATER NOISE;

BRAZIL; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 41549169660     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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