Data from: Simulated seal scarer sounds scare porpoises, but not seals: species-specific responses to 12 kHz deterrence sounds

• Main Authors: Mikkelsen, Lonnie, Hermannsen, Line, Beedholm, Kristian, Madsen, Peter Teglberg, Tougaard, Jakob
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Acoustic harassment devices; seal scarer; mitigation; pile driving; Harbour porpoise; Harbour seal; Porpoise Harbour; harbour seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.141778; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8jh04

Acoustic harassment devices (AHD) or ‘seal scarers’ are used extensively, not only to deter seals from fisheries, but also as mitigation tools to deter marine mammals from potentially harmful sound sources, such as offshore pile driving. To test the effectiveness of AHDs, we conducted two studies wi...