A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 328-340

  Todd, Victoria L G ^a,b   Todd, Ian B ^a,b   Gardiner, Jane C ^a   Morrin, Erica C N ^a   MacPherson, Nicola A ^a   DiMarzio, Nancy A ^a   Thomsen, Frank ^c  

^a Ocean House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aggregate dredging; anthropogenic noise; behavioural response; marine mammals; sedimentation; turbidity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEGRADATION; DREDGING; ENTRAINMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE MAMMAL; NOISE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY;

CETACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; SIRENIA;

EID: 84922553065     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu187     Document Type: Review

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