Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

• Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• Main Authors: Pine, Matthew K., Schmitt, Pál, Culloch, Ross M., Lieber, Lilian, Kregting, Louise T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Acoustics; Harbour porpoise; Harbour seal; Hydrokinetics; Masking; Renewable energy; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105; Sustainability and the Environment; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Porpoise Harbour; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/providing-ecological-context-to-anthropogenic-subsea-noise-assessing-listening-space-reductions-of-marine-mammals-from-tidal-energy-devices(ac910617-1443-4295-b676-e8eddc1b8162).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.12.024; https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/163739379/Pine_et_al_Revision2_submit_final_clean_002_.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059102463&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The deployment of tidal energy arrays is gaining momentum to provide marine renewable energy (MRE) to the global market. However, there are concerns over the potential impacts underwater noise emissions from operational devices may have on marine fauna. Auditory masking (the interference of importan...