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Pinnipeds

Pinnipeds
Seals, sea lions, and walruses.

Seals, sea lions, and walruses are marine mammals that are part of the suborder Pinnipedia. These animals live in the ocean but are able to come on land for long periods of time. Offshore renewable energy devices may affect pinnipeds in a variety of ways, including attraction to or avoidance of project sites, collision with dynamic devices, and impacts from 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 Pinnipeds.

Total: 236

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Cumulative Impact Assessment of East Coast Offshore Windfarm Construction on Bottlenose Dolphin and Grey Seals Smith, H. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement, Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds
Marine Mammal Behavioral Response to Tidal Turbine Sound Robertson, F., Wood, J., Joslin, J. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal: Y1 Environmental Monitoring Report Smith, K., Simpson, N. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Attraction, Avoidance, Collision Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Effect of pile-driving sounds on harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hearing Kastelein, R., Helder-Hoek, L., Kommeren, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Inventory and assessment of models and methods used for describing quantifying and assessing cumulative effects of offshore wind farms van Oostveen, M., Sierdsma, F., Kwakkel, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Wozep Ecological Programme: Tussenstand Wozep 2018 WOZEP Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Passerines, Seabirds, Waterfowl, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds
Harbour Seals Avoid Tidal Turbine Noise: Implications for Collision Risk Hastie, G., Russell, D., Lepper, P. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Hearing thresholds, for underwater sounds, of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) swimming at the water surface Kastelein, R., Helder-Hoek, L., Terhune, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Mechanical properties of harbor seal skin and blubber a test of anisotropy Grear, M., Motley, M., Crofts, S. Journal Article Marine Energy Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) around an operational tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows: No barrier effect but small changes in transit behaviour Sparling, C., Lonergan, M., McConnell, B. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Displacement Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Seal monitoring and evaluation for the Gemini offshore windfarm: Tconstruction - 2015 report Brasseur, S., Kirkwood, R., Aarts, G. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Marine Mammals and Tidal Energy: Report to Scottish Government Hastie, G., Evers, C., Gillespie, D. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Determining the Water Column Usage by Seals in the Brims Lease Site Evers, C., Blight, C., Thompson, D. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
Modelling Harbour Seal Movements McConnell, B., Smout, S., Wu, M. Report Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
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
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
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
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
The Effect of Simulated Seal Scarer Sounds on Harbour Porpoises Hermannsen, L., Mikkelsen, L., Tougaard, J. Report Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Fine-scale harbour seal at-sea usage mapping around Orkney and the North coast of Scotland Jones, E., Smout, S., Blight, C. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Spatial distribution and habitat preference of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Dutch North Sea Geert, A., Cremer, J., Kirkwood, R. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Avoidance of Wind Farms by Harbour Seals is Limited to Pile Driving Activities Russell, D., Hastie, G., Thompson, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Like the Din in a University Canteen The Underwater Operating Noise and its Effects on Porpoises and Friend Benesch, M., Radecke, H. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds
Measurement and characterisation of radiated underwater sound from a 3.6 MW monopile wind turbine Pangerc, T., Theobald, P., Wang, L. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds
Investigations into the interactions between harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and vessels in the inner Moray Firth Onoufriou, J., Jones, E., Hastie, G. Report Attraction, Avoidance, Displacement, Noise, Vessel Strike Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds, Navigation
Dynamic habitat corridors for marine predators; intensive use of a coastal channel by harbour seals is modulated by tidal currents Hastie, G., Russell, D., Benjamins, S. Journal Article Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Ecological monitoring of underwater noise during piling at Offshore Wind Farm Gemini Remmers, P., Bellmann, M. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Updated grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) usage maps in the North Sea Jones, E., Russell, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Non-lethal management of carnivore predation: long-term tests with a startle reflex-based deterrence system on a fish farm Götz, T., Janik, V. Journal Article Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
Harbor Seal - Tidal Turbine Collision Risk Models. An Assessment of Sensitivities. Wood, J., Joy, R., Sparling, C. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
Seal Telemetry Inventory Sparling, C. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
Predictive mapping of seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans off the Pacific Coast of Washington Menza, C., Leirness, J., White, T. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Physical Environment
Movements of grey seal that haul out on the UK coast of the southern North Sea Russell, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Refining Estimates of Collision Risk for Harbour Seals and Tidal Turbines Band, B., Sparling, C., Thompson, D. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Data Based Estimates of Collision Risk: An Example Based on Harbour Seal Tracking Data around a Proposed Tidal Turbine Array in the Pentland Firth Thompson, D., Onoufriou, J., Brownlow, A. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Attraction, Avoidance, Collision Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Hearing Thresholds of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) for Playbacks of Seal Scarer Signals, and Effects of the Signals on Behavior Kastelein, R., Helder-Hoek, L., Gransier, R. Journal Article Noise Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
Monitoring and Researching Ecological Effects of Dutch Offshore Windfarms, Masterplan 2.0 and Appendix Arcadis Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Habitat Change Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds
MeyGen Tidal Energy Project Phase 1 Environmental Management Plan: Construction Works Gough, M., Fortune, F., Johnson, F. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Chemicals, Noise, Vessel Strike Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Physical Environment, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Health & Safety
MR7.2.3 Collision Risk and Impact Study: Field Tests of Turbine Blade-Seal Carcass Collisions Thompson, D., Brownlow, A., Onoufriou, J. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Collision Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
MR8.1 Tests of Acoustic Signals for Aversive Sound Mitigation with Harbour Seals Gordon, J., Blight, C., Bryant, E. Report Noise Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals

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