How tolerant are harbour porpoises to underwater sound?

The planned construction of offshore wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas involves the emission of high numbers of intense impulsive sounds when turbine foundations are driven into the ground by pile driving. Based on knowledge about other toothed whales, it can be assumed that the source leve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lucke, Klaus, Lepper, P., Blanchet, M., Siebert, U.
Other Authors: K. Wollny-goerke
Format: Book Chapter
Published: B.G. Teubner Verlag/ GWV Fachverlage GmbH Wiesbaden 2008
Online Access:https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/9512
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19404