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Marine Mammals

Breaching humpback whale
A broad term that encompasses cetaceans, pinnipeds, and others.

Marine mammals include pinnipeds (seals, sea lions), cetaceans (dolphins and whales), and sea otters. Because these organisms have fairly advanced cognitive abilities, it is fairly difficult to gauge how offshore renewable energy devices will affect marine mammals. Some of these organisms use echolocation to communicate and navigate themselves through the marine environment, which poses a concern as noise emitted from offshore renewable energy devices can have the potential to mask or hide echolocation of marine mammals. Some marine mammals also have very sensitive hearing, which makes these organisms vulnerable to loud noises generated underwater (i.e. pile driving/construction). With these issues in mind, the stressors that pose the greatest risks to marine mammals are collision, habitat change, and displacement, as well as noise.

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Marine Mammals.

Total: 1731

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan: Environmental Sensitivity Analysis Ecology and Environment Inc Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Modelling Harbour Seal Movements McConnell, B., Smout, S., Wu, M. Report Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Comparing performance of bottom-moored and unmanned surface vehicle towed passive acoustic monitoring platforms for sperm whale detection Mahmud, S., Sidorovskaia, N., Li, K. Journal Article Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Bubble Curtains Attenuate Noise from Offshore Wind Farm Construction and Reduce Temporary Habitat Loss for Harbour Porpoises Dähne, M., Tougaard, J., Carstensen, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals
Field testing the efficiency of the FaunaGuard Porpoise Module (FG-PM) in the Marsdiep area Geelhoed, S., von Asmuth, R., Al Abbar, F. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Fine-scale harbour seal usage for informed marine spatial planning Jones, E., Sparling, C., McConnell, B. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Acoustic Assessment of SIMRAD EK60 High Frequency Echo Sounder Signals (120 & 200 kHz) in the Context of Marine Mammal Monitoring Risch, D., Wilson, B., Lepper, P. Report Noise Marine Mammals
Moray West Offshore Habitats Regulations Appraisal HRA Screening Report Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement, Noise, Vessel Strike Birds, Seabirds, Waterfowl, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds
Understanding the Potential Risk to Marine Mammals from Collision with Tidal Turbines Copping, A., Grear, M., Jepsen, R. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Collision Marine Mammals
Combining Passive Acoustics and Imaging Sonar Techniques to Study Sperm Whales' Foraging Strategies Giorli, G. Journal Article Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Optimising multiple multibeam sonars to assess marine life interactions with an underwater kite Lieber, L., Nilsen, T., Zambrano, C. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Ocean Current Collision Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Comparing the Performance of Bottom-Moored and Unmanned Surface Vehicle Towed Passive Acoustic Monitoring Platforms for Marine Mammal Detections Mahmud, S. Thesis Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Seasonal occurrence of seabirds and marine mammals at a wave energy test site Hunt, W., Nykänen, M., Bennison, A. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Birds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Target Tracking using Sonars for Marine Life Monitoring around Tidal Turbines Jepp, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Fish, Marine Mammals
The Importance of a Multi-Method Monitoring Approach to Assess the Effects of Anthropogenic Activity on Harbour Porpoises Maldini, D., Foley, A., Culloch, R. Conference Paper Marine Energy Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the U.S. West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection Rockwood, R., Calambokidis, J., Jahncke, J. Journal Article Vessel Strike Marine Mammals
Guide to Population Models used in Marine Mammal Impact Assessment Sparling, C., Thompson, D., Booth, C. Report Marine Energy Marine Mammals
A Framework for Regulating Underwater Noise During Pile Driving Andersson, M., Andersson, S., Ahlsén, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals
Automatic Detection of Humpback Whales and Localization of Sperm Whales during Marine Seismic Survey L'Her, C., Vallez, S., Gouriou, M. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals
Temporal Patterns in Habitat Use by Small Cetaceans at an Oceanographically Dynamic Marine Renewable Energy Test Site in the Celtic Sea Cox, S., Witt, M., Embling, C. Journal Article Marine Energy Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Observations and Tracking of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) with Shore-Based X-Band Marine Radar at a Marine Energy Test Site McCann, D., Bell, P. Journal Article Marine Energy Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Harbour Porpoise Distribution can Vary at Small Spatiotemporal Scales in Energetic Habitats Benjamins, S., van Geel, N., Hastie, G. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Estimating cetacean density and abundance in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea through aerial surveys: Implications for management Panigada, S., Lauriano, G., Donovan, G. Journal Article Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis occurrence in offshore wind energy areas near Massachusetts and Rhode Island, USA Leiter, S., Stone, K., Thompson, J. Journal Article Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Making Marine Noise Pollution Impacts Heard: The Case of Cetaceans in the North Sea within Life Cycle Impact Assessment Middel, H., Verones, F. Journal Article Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals
Distribution and abundance of cetaceans in a wind energy development area offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Stone, K., Leiter, S., Kenney, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Habitat Change Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning
Using the Interim PCoD framework to assess the potential impacts of offshore wind developments in Eastern English Waters on harbour porpoises in the North Sea Booth, C., Harwood, J., Plunkett, R. Report Wind Energy Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Underwater operational noise level emitted by a tidal current turbine and its potential impact on marine fauna Lossent, J., Gervaise, C., Iorio, L. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Noise Fish, Demersal Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
Broad-Scale Acoustic Monitoring for Cetaceans and Underwater Noise in Relation to Offshore Wind Farm Construction in Scotland Brookes, K., Edwards, E., Merchant, N. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Operational Noise from Tidal Turbine Arrays and the Assessment of Collision Risk with Marine Mammals Marmo, B. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Collision, Noise Marine Mammals
Responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbor construction Graham, I., Pirotta, E., Merchant, N. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Annual environmental report 2016 - Belwind Belwind Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Marine Mammals
Behavioral Responses of a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to Sounds from an Acoustic Porpoise Deterrent Kastelein, R., Huybrechts, J., Covi, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Year-Round Spatiotemporal Distribution of Harbour Porpoises Within and Around the Maryland Wind Energy Area Wingfield, J., O'Brien, M., Lyubchich, V. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals
FORCE Marine Mammal EEMP 1st Year Monitoring Report Joy, R., Wood, J., Robertson, F. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Short Science Summary: Harbor Porpoises and Offshore Wind Energy WREN Summary Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Good noise, bad noise: A tricky case of balancing risk of physical injury against acoustic disturbance for marine mammals and tidal energy devices Wilson, B., Marmo, B., Lepper, P. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Collision, Noise Marine Mammals
Imaging Marine Fauna with a Tritech Gemini 720i Sonar Parsons, M., Fenny, E., Lucke, K. Journal Article Fish, Marine Mammals
A Simulation Approach to Assessing Environmental Risk of Sound Exposure to Marine Mammals Donovan, C., Harris, C., Milazzo, L. Journal Article Marine Energy Noise Marine Mammals
Marine Protected Areas and Offshore Wind Farms Sanders, N., Haynes, T., Goriup, P. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise, Avoidance Marine Mammals

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