Seismic survey footprints in Irish waters: A starting point for effective mitigation

Thomas Folegot; Dominique Clorennec; Gerald Sutton; Mark Jessopp

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_37

Seismic survey footprints in Irish waters: A starting point for effective mitigation

Thomas Folegot
, Dominique Clorennec
, Gerald Sutton
, Mark Jessopp

Quiet Oceans

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Abstract

The noise footprint of a given activity is defined as the area where the noise from the activity spreads into the ocean at levels above the existing statistical ambient noise. The noise footprints of seismic surveys in Irish waters from 2,000 to 2,011 have been estimated using Quonops, a global ocean noise prediction service. Noise footprints are converted into sound exposure levels to evaluate the cumulative risks toward high-, mid-, and low-frequency marine mammals. The results demonstrate large variability in risk areas as a function of existing ambient-noise levels, season, survey location, and characteristics of the survey.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
Pages	313-320
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_37
Publication status	Published - 2016

Publication series

Name	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume	875
ISSN (Print)	0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-8019

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SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land

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Keywords

Marine mammals
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Monitoring
Noise
Quonops

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Seismic survey footprints in Irish waters: A starting point for effective mitigation. / Folegot, Thomas; Clorennec, Dominique; Sutton, Gerald et al.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer New York LLC, 2016. p. 313-320 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; Vol. 875).

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