Guidance to Manage the Risk to Marine Mammals from Man-made Sound Sources in Irish Waters.

• Main Author: Unkn Unknown
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2014
• Subjects: Man-induced effects; Underwater sound; Marine mammals; Parameter DisciplineEnvironmentAnthropogenic contamination; Dingle; Blue whale; common seal; harbour seal; Humpback Whale; Phoca vitulina; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25607/obp-176; https://www.oceanbestpractices.net/handle/11329/613

There has been increasing concern internationally about the potentially harmful effect of man-made sound on the marine environment and species therein that could be sensitive to it. Sound that is derived from human activities (i.e., anthropogenic sound) is not the sole noise source above or below th...