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- Presentation:
Ford and Nichol
… This is a slide show in review of J. Fords book Marine Mammals of British Columbia. The slides cover a brief (very) introduction to marine mammals of BC, followed by the historical occurrence of whales in BC, recent efforts to …
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Marine Scotland
… The 5th Symposium of the Scottish Marine Energy Research Programme (ScotMER), organized by Marine Scotland, presented recent research on seabirds, fish and fisheries, marine mammals, … Energy Budgets of Marine Mammals (Cormac Booth, SMRU Consulting) Habitat Preference and Distribution of Seals (Debbie Russell, University of St Andrews) Tracking Seals Around Tidal …
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Wilson et al.
… The potential risks of marine mammals being injured by being hit by tidal-stream turbines, or of vacating significant … family of technologies. Unfortunately, due to the inherent difficulties of studying marine mammal distribution and behaviour underwater, as well as the novelty of the machines themselves, …
- Workshop Article:
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
… A workshop on the “Status and Applications of Acoustic Mitigation and Monitoring Systems for Marine Mammals” was held November 17-19, 2009, sponsored by the Bureau of Energy Management, … and better understand the current status of acoustic hardware and software tools for marine mammal monitoring and mitigation as applied to offshore industries. This will include the … PAM and active acoustics may provide an improved understanding of apparent changes in the distribution of calling whales responding to industry sounds, a problem that has plagued at least …
- Workshop Article:
Brown-Saracino et al.
… Energy hosted a two-day workshop on July 24-25, 2012 with scientists and regulators engaged in marine ecological survey, modeling, and database efforts pertaining to the waters of the … compatible databases. The meeting primarily focused on efforts to establish and predict marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle abundance, density, and distributions extending from the … second day was comprised of two additional sessions, one focused on current data storage and distribution systems, data accessibility, and potential avenues for data sharing, and the other …
- Workshop Article:
Polagye et al.
… As the marine energy industry explores the potential for generating significant power from waves and tidal currents, there is a need to ensure that energy converters do not cause harm to the marine environment, including marine animals that may interact with these new technologies in … marine renewable energy converters (MECs) near the converters (“nearfield”) determining the distribution and habitat use of marine animals in the vicinity of MECs (“distribution and habitat …
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Gilles et al.
… Research Questions: Seasonal and spatial distribution of harbour porpoises? Behavioural reaction related to pile-driving? How far are …
- Presentation:
Scott
… In the marine environment we are about to move from an era of testing and single devices or relatively … sense, ranging from the production levels of primary produces to the reproductive output of marine mammals, needs to be progressed such that a more accurate prediction of the scale and … levels to be able to make predictions of at least what will change physically within our marine environment when many hundreds to thousands of marine renewable devices are operating. We …
- Workshop Article:
Green et al.
… publicly available resources and with advisory group input. The workshop covered three marine life breakout groups on subsequent days to discuss research recommendations related to 1) marine mammals and sea turtles, 2) fish and invertebrates, and 3) birds and bats. As part of the … Mammals and Sea Turtles Exposure and Risk Analysis. Greater baseline understanding of marine mammal and sea turtle habitat use and residency is needed to inform exposure and risk to the …
- Workshop Article:
Green et al.
… and substrate vibration generated during fixed-bottom turbine installation to help protect marine life. Monopiles are currently the main turbine foundation type installed globally and use … noise abatement technologies, would help reduce the potential detrimental effects on sensitive marine species. In addition to noise reduction, there are multiple other reasons to investigate … on wildlife from piling noise (impact and vibratory), including acoustic sound pressure for marine mammals, waterborne acoustic particle motion for fishes, and substrate-borne vibration for …
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Wildlife Conservation Society
… (visual surveys and environmental data) to establish a baseline understanding of cetacean distribution and interaction with environmental variables in the NYB. All participants supported …
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