Behavioral responses of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to playbacks of broadband pile driving sounds

Kastelein, Ronald A.; Heerden, Dorianne van; Gransier, Robin; Hoek, Lean

doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.020

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“…where signal excess, SE, is set to zero, NL1 was the 5 th percentile sound level of measurements made within the Narrows at some frequency (from the acoustic monitoring station detailed in Section 2.1 above) and the detection threshold, DT, was set at 10 dB (following [21], [34], [35] [36]).…”

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Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

Pine

Schmitt

Culloch

et al. 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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The deployment of tidal energy arrays is gaining momentum to provide marine renewable energy (MRE) to the global market. However, there are concerns over the potential impacts underwater noise emissions from operational devices may have on marine fauna. Auditory masking (the interference of important biological signals by anthropogenic noise) is a highly pervasive impact to marine fauna. We used a relatively new approach to evaluate the effects of noise from operational tidal energy devices on the listening space of marine mammals. Here, listening space reductions (LSR) for harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were assessed in winter and summer for two tidal energy devices of different designs. Results demonstrated that LSR was influenced by type of turbine, species, and season. For instance, LSRs for harbour seals were in excess of 80 % within 60 m, whilst for harbour porpoise they were in excess of 55 % within 10 m of the devices, respectively. For both species, LSRs were highest during winter, characterised by low ambient noise conditions. These findings highlight the importance of assessing masking over seasons, as masking effects are highly influenced by ambient noise conditions. Understanding the natural variation within seasons is also particularly relevant for tidal turbine noise assessments as devices are typically situated in highly dynamic environments. Since masking effects occur at the lower level of behavioural impacts in marine mammals, assessing the spatial extent of masking as part of environmental impact assessments is recommended. The listening space formula, which is largely based on measurable environmental factors (device and ambient noise), is transferable to any MRE device, or arrays, for any species (for which an audiogram can be assumed) and therefore provides an effective method to better inform the MRE pre-and post-consenting processes.

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Section: Calculating Listening Space Reductionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

Pine

Schmitt

Culloch

et al. 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…Indien zeezoogdieren dicht bij de geluidsbron aanwezig zijn, zal gehoorschade zeker optreden (UNEP/CBD, 2012). Naar verwachting zullen bruinvissen het platform tijdens heien tot op tientallen kilometers afstand vermijden (Dähne et al 2013;Kastelein et al, 2013).…”

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Quickscan mogelijke effecten gaswinning bij Borkumse Stenen op platteoesterrif

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2019

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“…Evidence of behavioral disturbance from sounds arising from pile-driving has been obtained through simulated, playback, and live conditions, and indicates that the zone of responsiveness for harbor porpoises may extend to 20 km or more [45,46,[48][49][50][51][52]. However, response distances will vary depending on the activity being undertaken by the animal when it is exposed to the sound, the sound source level, sound propagation, and ambient noise levels [16,28,53].…”

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Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration: A Case Study of Oman

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Wind Resources and Future Energy Security

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Offshore wind power provides a valuable source of renewable energy that can help reduce carbon emissions. Technological advances are allowing higher capacity turbines to be installed and in deeper water, but there is still much that is unknown about the effects on the environment. Here we describe the lessons learned based on the recent literature and our experience with assessing impacts of offshore wind developments on marine mammals and seabirds, and make recommendations for future monitoring and assessment as interest in offshore wind energy grows around the world. The four key lessons learned that we discuss are: 1) Identifying the area over which biological effects may occur to inform baseline data collection and determining the connectivity between key populations and proposed wind energy sites, 2) The need to put impacts into a population level context to determine whether they are biologically significant, 3) Measuring responses to wind farm construction and operation to determine disturbance effects and avoidance responses, and 4) Learn from other industries to inform risk assessments and the effectiveness of mitigation measures. As the number and size of offshore wind developments increases, there will be a growing need to consider the population level consequences and cumulative impacts of these activities on marine species. Strategically targeted data collection and modeling aimed at answering questions for the consenting process will also allow regulators to make decisions based on the best available information, and achieve a balance between climate change targets and environmental legislation.

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Behavioral responses of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to playbacks of broadband pile driving sounds

Cited by 43 publications

References 27 publications

Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

Quickscan mogelijke effecten gaswinning bij Borkumse Stenen op platteoesterrif

Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration: A Case Study of Oman

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