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von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Ketten, D.R. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), de Jong, C.A.F. (author), Muller, R.A.J. (author), Kastelein, R.A. (author)Application of a kurtosis correction to frequency-weighted sound exposure level (SEL) improved predictions of risk of hearing damage in humans and terrestrial mammals for sound exposures with different degrees of impulsiveness. To assess whether kurtosis corrections may lead to improved predictions for marine mammals, corrections were applied to...article 2022
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Tyack, P.L. (author), Benti, B. (author), Foskolos, I. (author), Bort, J. (author), Neves, M. (author), Biassoni, N. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author)Auditory masking by anthropogenic noise may impact marine mammals relying on sound for important life functions, including echolocation. Animals have evolved antimasking strategies, but they may not be completely effective or cost-free. We formulated seven a priori hypotheses on how odontocete echolocation behavior could indicate masking. We...article 2022
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von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), Prior, M. (author), Ainslie, M.A. (author), Hansen, R.R. (author), Isojunno, S. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author)To understand the consequences of underwater noise exposure for cetaceans, there is a need for assessments of behavioural responses over increased spatial and temporal scales. Bottom-moored acoustic recorders and satellite tags provide such long-term and large spatial coverage of behaviour compared to short-duration acoustic-recording tags....article 2019
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Harris, C.M. (author), Thomas, L. (author), Falcone, E.A. (author), Hildebrand, J. (author), Houser, D. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author), Moretti, D.J. (author), Read, A.J. (author), Slabbekoorn, H. (author), Southall, B.L. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Wartzok, D. (author), Janik, V.M. (author)Marine mammals may be negatively affected by anthropogenic noise. Behavioural response studies (BRS) aim to establish a relationship between noise exposure conditions (dose) from a potential stressor and associated behavioural responses of animals. A recent series of BRS have focused on the effects of naval sonar sounds on cetaceans. Here, we...article 2018
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von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Ainslie, M.A. (author)Ramp-up procedures are used to mitigate the impact of sound on marine mammals. Sound exposure models combined with observations of marine mammals responding to sound can be used to assess the effectiveness of ramp-up procedures. We found that ramp-up procedures before full-level sonar operations can reduce the risk of hearing threshold shifts...bookPart 2016
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Thomsen, F. (author), Borsani, F. (author), Clarke, D. (author), de Jong, C. (author), de Wit, P. (author), Goethals, F. (author), Holtkamp, M. (author), Martin, E.S. (author), Spadaro, P. (author), van Raalte, G. (author), Victor, G.Y.V. (author), Jensen, A. (author)The World Organization of Dredging Associations (WODA) has identified underwater sound as an environmental issue that needs further consideration. A WODA Expert Group on Underwater Sound (WEGUS) prepared a guidance paper in 2013 on dredging sound, including a summary of potential impacts on aquatic biota and advice on underwater sound monitoring...conference paper 2016
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Aarts, G. (author), von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Lucke, K. (author), Özkan Sertlek, H. (author), van Bemmelen, R. (author), Geelhoed, S.C.V. (author), Brasseur, S. (author), Scheidat, M. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Slabbekoorn, H. (author), Kirkwood, R. (author)Anthropogenic sound in the marine environment can have negative consequences for marine fauna. Since most sound sources are intermittent or continuous, estimating how many individuals are exposed over time remains challenging, as this depends on the animals’ mobility. Here we explored how animal movement influences how many, and how often,...article 2016
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Wittekind, D. (author), Tougaard, J. (author), Stilz, P. (author), Dähne, M. (author), Clark, C.W. (author), Lucke, K. (author), von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Ainslie, M.A. (author), Siebert, U. (author)We estimated the long-range effects of air gun array noise on marine mammal communication ranges in the Southern Ocean. Air gun impulses are subject to significant distortion during propagation, potentially resulting in a quasi- continuous sound. Propagation modeling to estimate the received waveform was conducted. A leaky integrator was used as...bookPart 2016
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Knoll, M. (author), Ciaccia, E. (author), Dekeling, R.P.A. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Liddell, K. (author), Gunnarsson, S.L. (author), Ludwig, S. (author), Nissen, I. (author), Lorenzen, D. (author), Kreimeyer, R. (author), Pavan, G. (author), Meneghetti, N. (author), Nordlund, N. (author), Benders, F.P.A. (author), van der Zwan, T. (author), van Zon, A.T. (author), Fraser, L. (author), Johansson, T. (author), Garmelius, M. (author)Within the European Defense Agency (EDA), the Protection of Marine Mammals (PoMM) project, a comprehensive common marine mammal database essential for risk mitigation tools, was established. The database, built on an extensive dataset collection with the focus on areas of operational interest for European navies, consists of annual and seasonal...bookPart 2016
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Dahl, P.H. (author), de Jong, C.A.F. (author), Popper, A.N. (author)Impact pile driving is a method used to install piles for marine and inland water construction projects using high-energy impact hammers. The installation of hollow steel piles in this manner can produce extremely high sound levels in the surrounding waters (as well as in the air). Given the large-scale development of offshore wind in European...article 2015
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Kastelein, R.A. (author), Helder-Hoek, L. (author), Gransier, R. (author), Terhune, J.M. (author), Jennings, N. (author), de Jong, C.A.F. (author)Acoustic mitigation devices (AMDs) are used to deter marine mammals from construction sites to prevent hearing injury by offshore pile-driving noise. In order to quantify the distance at which AMDs designed as ‘seal scarers’ are detected by seals, the 50% hearing thresholds for playbacks of their sounds were determined. The broadband hearing...article 2015
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Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Miller, P. (author), Sivle, L.D. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), Roos, M. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Kleivane, L. (author), Visser, F. (author), Cure, C. (author), van IJsselmuide, S.P. (author), Isojunno, S. (author), von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Nordlund, N. (author), Dekeling, R.P.A. (author)In order to properly consider how behavioral responses to anthropogenic noise affect marine mammals and establish safety limits for sonar operations, there is a need to establish behavioral impact criteria. In order to achieve this, knowledge about how marine mammals might respond, thresholds and durations of responses as well as the biological...report 2015
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Kastelein, R.A. (author), Hoek, L. (author), Gransier, R. (author), de Jong, C.A.F. (author), Terhune, J.M. (author), Jennings, N. (author)Acoustic Mitigation Devices (AMDs) are used to deter marine mammals from construction sites, in order to prevent hearing injury by offshore pile driving noise. To estimate the distance at which two AMDs designed as ‘seal scarers’ (Ace Aquatec and Lofitech) are detected by harbor porpoises, the 50% hearing detection thresholds for playbacks of...article 2015
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Miller, P.J.O. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Curé, C. (author), DeRuiter, S.L. (author), Kleivane, L. (author), Sivle, L.D. (author), van IJsselmuide, S.P. (author), Visser, F. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Martín López, L.M. (author), Narazaki, T. (author), Hooker, S.K. (author)Although northern bottlenose whales were the most heavily hunted beaked whale, we have little information about this species in its remote habitat of the North Atlantic Ocean. Underwater anthropogenic noise and disruption of their natural habitat may be major threats, given the sensitivity of other beaked whales to such noise disturbance. We...article 2015
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High thresholds for avoidance of sonar by free-ranging long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)Antunes, R. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Thomas, L. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author)The potential effects of exposing marine mammals to military sonar is a current concern. Dose-response relationships are useful for predicting potential environmental impacts of specific operations. To reveal behavioral response thresholds of exposure to sonar, we conducted 18 exposure/control approaches to 6 long-finned pilot whales. Source...article 2014
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- Alves, A. (author), Antunes, R. (author), Bird, A. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author) article 2014
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Miller, P.J.O. (author), Antunes, R.N. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), Samarra, F.I.P. (author), Alves, A.C. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Kleivane, L. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Ainslie, M.A. (author), Thomas, L. (author)Eight experimentally controlled exposures to 1−2 kHz or 6−7 kHz sonar signals were conducted with four killer whale groups. The source level and proximity of the source were increased during each exposure in order to reveal response thresholds. Detailed inspection of movements during each exposure session revealed sustained changes in speed and...article 2014
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von Benda-Beckmann, A.M. (author), Wensveen, P.J. (author), Kvadsheim, P.H. (author), Lam, F.P.A. (author), Miller, P.J.O. (author), Tyack, P.L. (author), Ainslie, M.A. (author)Ramp-up or soft-start procedures (i.e., gradual increase in the source level) are used to mitigate the effect of sonar sound on marine mammals, although no one to date has tested whether ramp-up procedures are effective at reducing the effect of sound on marine mammals. We investigated the effectiveness of ramp-up procedures in reducing the area...article 2013