The European Marine Strategy: Noise Monitoring in European Marine Waters from 2014

Dekeling, R.P.A.; Tasker, Mark L.; Ainslie, Michael A.; Andersson, Mathias H.; André, M.; Borsani, Fabrizio; Brensing, K.; Castellote, Manuel; Dalen, John; Folégot, Thomas; Graaf, S. van der; Leaper, Russell; Liebschner, Alexander; Pajala, Jukka; Robinson, Stephen; Sigray, Peter; Sutton, Gerry; Thomsen, Frank; Werner, Stefan; Wittekind, Dietrich; Young, John V.

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“…The monitoring of underwater noise is included in the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD; EU, ), which is concerned with ensuring good environmental status (GES) of European waters (Andersson et al, ; Dekeling et al, ; Tasker et al, ; Tasker et al, ; van der Graaf et al, ). The directive requires that the introduction of energy, including underwater noise, must be at levels that do not adversely affect the marine environment.…”

Section: Sound Exposure Criteria and Guidelinesmentioning

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An overview of fish bioacoustics and the impacts of anthropogenic sounds on fishes

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Hawkins²

2019

Journal of Fish Biology

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Fishes use a variety of sensory systems to learn about their environments and to communicate.Of the various senses, hearing plays a particularly important role for fishes in providing information, often from great distances, from all around these animals. This information is in all three spatial dimensions, often overcoming the limitations of other senses such as vision, touch, taste and smell. Sound is used for communication between fishes, mating behaviour, the detection of prey and predators, orientation and migration and habitat selection. Thus, anything that interferes with the ability of a fish to detect and respond to biologically relevant sounds can decrease survival and fitness of individuals and populations.

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Section: Sound Exposure Criteria and Guidelinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of fish bioacoustics and the impacts of anthropogenic sounds on fishes

Popper

Hawkins²

2019

Journal of Fish Biology

291

176

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“…While all the TOB can be affected by vessel noise (Hildebrand, 2009;McKenna et al, 2012), the ones centred at 63, 79, 100, and 125 Hz were used, as these are the current noise indicators of low-frequency vessel noise in an European management context (Dekeling et al, 2016;Garrett et al, 2016), and are less influenced by flow and wind noise (Wenz, 1962;Tasker et al, 2010;Peng et al, 2015;Merchant et al, 2016;Thomson and Barclay, 2020).…”

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Measuring Sound at a Cold-Water Coral Reef to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on Noise Pollution

Clippele

Risch

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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This study compares the noise levels at the cold-water coral Tisler reef, before and after the closure of the border between Norway and Sweden, which occurred as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tisler reef is a marine protected area located under a ferry “highway” that connects Norway and Sweden. Cold-water coral reefs are recognised as being important hotspots of both biodiversity and biomass, they function as breeding and nursing grounds for commercially important fish and are essential in providing ecosystem functions. Whilst studies have shown that fishery, ocean warming, and acidification threaten them, the effects of noise pollution on cold-water coral reefs remains unstudied. To study the severity of noise pollution at the Tisler reef, a long-term acoustic recorder was deployed from 29 January 2020 until 26 May 2020. From 15 March COVID-19 lockdown measures stopped passenger vessel traffic between Norway and Sweden. This study found that the overall noise levels were significantly lower after border closure, due to reduced ferry traffic, wind speeds, and sea level height. When comparing the median hourly noise levels of before vs. after border closure, this study measured a significant reduction in the 63–125 Hz 1/3 octave band noise levels of 8.94 ± 0.88 (MAD) dB during the day (07:00:00–19:59:59) and 1.94 ± 0.11 (MAD) dB during the night (20:00:00–06:59:59). Since there was no ferry traffic during the night, the drop in noise levels at night was likely driven by seasonal changes, i.e., the reduction in wind speed and sea level height when transitioning from winter to spring. Taking into account this seasonal effect, it can be deduced that the COVID-19 border closure reduced the noise levels in the 63–125 Hz 1/3 octave bands at the Tisler reef by 7.0 ± 0.99 (MAD) dB during the day. While the contribution of, and changes in biological, weather-related and geophysical sound sources remain to be assessed in more detail, understanding the extent of anthropogenic noise pollution at the Tisler cold-water coral reef is critical to guide effective management to ensure the long-term health and conservation of its ecosystem functions.

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“…The steep rises, high peaks and rapid falls in pressure caused by explosive cutting generates impulsive underwater noise and the impact from this will likely dominate any continuous noise sources, such as from vessels. The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (2008/56/EC) suggested measures to assess underwater sound [3]. This assessment resulted in noise descriptors for low and mid frequency impulsive underwater sounds within the frequency range of 10 Hz to 10 kHz.…”

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Explosives Use In Decommissioning – Guide for Assessment of Risk (Edgar): I Determination of Sound Pressure Levels for Open Water Blasts and Severance of Conductors and Piles from below the Seabed

Brand¹

2021

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A simple underwater noise model suitable for use with explosives in the decommissioning of oil and gas subsea structures is introduced and evaluated against data from five projects in the US. The performance of the model is compared to four existing models for open water blasts, and for the severance of well conductors and piles. Simulated received underwater sound pressure levels were significantly correlated with measurements for all scenarios. The maximum total error achieved between simulations and measurements was 3.5%, suggesting that predictions are accurate to within 4% of the average measurement. A low relative bias was observed in the simulations when compared to measured values, suggesting only a small systematic underestimate (≤ 1% of average measurement) for most severance operations and a small overestimate (1.34%) for open water blasts.

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The European Marine Strategy: Noise Monitoring in European Marine Waters from 2014

Cited by 22 publications

References 5 publications

An overview of fish bioacoustics and the impacts of anthropogenic sounds on fishes

An overview of fish bioacoustics and the impacts of anthropogenic sounds on fishes

Measuring Sound at a Cold-Water Coral Reef to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on Noise Pollution

Explosives Use In Decommissioning – Guide for Assessment of Risk (Edgar): I Determination of Sound Pressure Levels for Open Water Blasts and Severance of Conductors and Piles from below the Seabed

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