Assessing the responses of coastal cetaceans to the construction of offshore wind turbines

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1200-1208

  Thompson, Paul M ^a   Lusseau, David ^a   Barton, Tim ^a   Simmons, Dave ^b   Rusin, Jan ^b   Bailey, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Bottlenose dolphin; Harbour porpoise; Noise; Renewable energy; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MONITORING; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; HARBOUR PORPOISE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SCOTLAND;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MAMMALS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSTRUCTION; MONITORING; NOISE; PILE DRIVING; PORPOISE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND TURBINE;

ARTICLE; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND POWER; ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NOISE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT; WIND;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NOISE; OBSERVATION; POWER PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WIND;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CETACEA; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS;

WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 77955417594     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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