Assessing underwater noise levels during pile-driving at an offshore windfarm and its potential effects on marine mammals

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 888-897

  Bailey, Helen ^a   Senior, Bridget ^a   Simmons, Dave ^b   Rusin, Jan ^b   Picken, Gordon ^c   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c BMT Cordah Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Bottlenose dolphins; Marine Protected Area; Noise impacts; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NOISE IMPACT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMALS; NOISE POLLUTION; PILE DRIVING; PILES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

AMBIENT NOISE; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILE DRIVING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOUND PROPAGATION; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COMMON DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMPBACK WHALE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; KILLER WHALE; MACHINE; MARINE MAMMAL; MINKE WHALE; NOISE INJURY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PORPOISE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAL; SOUND INTENSITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND TURBINE; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; NOISE; NORTH SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIND;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; NORTH SEA; POWER PLANTS; SCOTLAND; WIND;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 77953511595     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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