Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning
Including ocean noise in marine spatial planning requires predictions of noise levels on large spatiotemporal scales. Based on a simple sound transmission model and ship track data (Automatic Identification System, AIS), cumulative underwater acoustic energy from shipping was mapped throughout 2008...
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Acoustical Soceity of America
2012
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| author | Erbe, Christine MacGillivray, Alexander Williams, Rob |
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| description | Including ocean noise in marine spatial planning requires predictions of noise levels on large spatiotemporal scales. Based on a simple sound transmission model and ship track data (Automatic Identification System, AIS), cumulative underwater acoustic energy from shipping was mapped throughout 2008 in the west Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone, showing high noise levels in critical habitats for endangered resident killer whales, exceeding limits of “good conservation status” under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Error analysis proved that rough calculations of noise occurrence and propagation can form a basis for management processes, because spending resources on unnecessary detail is wasteful and delays remedial action. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-305002017-09-13T15:33:37Z Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning Erbe, Christine MacGillivray, Alexander Williams, Rob marine spatoitemporal spatial noise Including ocean noise in marine spatial planning requires predictions of noise levels on large spatiotemporal scales. Based on a simple sound transmission model and ship track data (Automatic Identification System, AIS), cumulative underwater acoustic energy from shipping was mapped throughout 2008 in the west Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone, showing high noise levels in critical habitats for endangered resident killer whales, exceeding limits of “good conservation status” under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Error analysis proved that rough calculations of noise occurrence and propagation can form a basis for management processes, because spending resources on unnecessary detail is wasteful and delays remedial action. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30500 10.1121/1.4758779 Acoustical Soceity of America fulltext |
| spellingShingle | marine spatoitemporal spatial noise Erbe, Christine MacGillivray, Alexander Williams, Rob Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| title | Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| title_full | Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| title_fullStr | Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| title_short | Mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| title_sort | mapping cumulative noise from shipping to inform marine spatial planning |
| topic | marine spatoitemporal spatial noise |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30500 |