TY - CHAP TI - Expert Elicitation Methods in Quantifying the Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance from Offshore Renewable Energy Developments AU - Donovan, C AU - Harwood, J AU - King, S AU - Booth, C AU - Caneco, B AU - Walker, C T2 - The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II AB - There are many developments for offshore renewable energy around the United Kingdom whose installation typically produces large amounts of far-reaching noise, potentially disturbing many marine mammals. The potential to affect the favorable conservation status of many species means extensive environmental impact assessment requirements for the licensing of such installation activities. Quantification of such complex risk problems is difficult and much of the key information is not readily available. Expert elicitation methods can be employed in such pressing cases. We describe the methodology used in an expert elicitation study conducted in the United Kingdom for combining expert opinions based on statistical distributions and copula-like methods. CY - New York DA - 2016/01// PY - 2016 VL - 875 SP - 231 EP - 237 PB - Springer UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_27 U1 - University of Auckland LA - English KW - Marine Energy KW - Noise ER -