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Soundscape and Noise Exposure Monitoring in a Marine Protected Area Using Shipping Data and Time-Lapse Footage
- Source :
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 875
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- We review recent work that developed new techniques for underwater noise assessment that integrate acoustic monitoring with automatic identification system (AIS) shipping data and time-lapse video, meteorological, and tidal data. Two sites were studied within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation (SAC) for bottlenose dolphins, where increased shipping traffic is expected from construction of offshore wind farms outside the SAC. Noise exposure varied markedly between the sites, and natural and anthropogenic contributions were characterized using multiple data sources. At one site, AIS-operating vessels accounted for total cumulative sound exposure (0.1-10 kHz), suggesting that noise modeling using the AIS would be feasible.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00652598
- Volume :
- 875
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........2c7c998c3d73fbbb2d466910a1ec06fd