Title
Mapping underwater noise for the Dutch part of North Sea (abstract)
Author
Sertlek, H.O.
Aarts, G.
Brasseur, S.
Slabbekoorn, H.
ten Cate, C.
von Benda-Beckmann, A.M.
Ainslie, M.A.
Publication year
2013
Abstract
The EU’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires member states (MS) to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status (GES) by 2020. Specifically, the wording of Descriptor 11 requires “underwater noise to be at levels that do not adversely affect the marine environment”. The MSFD further requires monitoring of “trends in the ambient noise within the 1/3 octave bands 63 and 125 Hz (centre frequency)”. In the current study, we focussed on producing indicator maps for the Dutch North Sea for underwater sound of various natural
Subject
Physics & Electronics
AS - Acoustics & Sonar
TS - Technical Sciences
Defence Research
Marine
Defence, Safety and Security
Europe
MSFD
Underwater Noise
Adverse Effecrs
Marine Fauna
Marine Mammals
Marine Life
Ambient Noise
Anthropogenetic Noise
Underwater Acoustics
Noise Maps
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TNO identifier
483531
Source
3rd International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Budapest, Hungary, 11-16 August, 2013
Document type
conference paper