TY - CHAP
T1 - Seismic survey footprints in irish waters
T2 - A starting point for effective mitigation
AU - Folegot, Thomas
AU - Clorennec, Dominique
AU - Sutton, Gerald
AU - Jessopp, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Marine mammals
KW - Marine Strategy Framework Directive
KW - Monitoring
KW - Noise
KW - Quonops
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84948808987
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_37
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_37
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 26610974
AN - SCOPUS:84948808987
T3 - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SP - 313
EP - 320
BT - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PB - Springer New York LLC
ER -
