Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine
Funding: Scottish Government (Grant Number(s): Marine Mammal Scientific Support Program MMSS/002/); Natural Environment Research Council (Grant Number(s): NE/R014639/1, NE/R015007/1). 1. Tidal energy generators have the potential to injure or kill marine animals, including small cetaceans, through c...
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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/23494 2024-04-28T08:22:59+00:00 Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine Gillespie, Douglas Michael Palmer, Laura Eve MacAulay, Jamie Donald John Sparling, Carol Elizabeth Hastie, Gordon Drummond NERC University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group University of St Andrews. Sound Tags Group 2021-07-08T11:30:08Z 10 2519606 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10023/23494 https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3660 eng eng Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 274449480 8ee72361-9fea-4f6d-835d-64e610dcc89c 000670532900001 85109372224 Gillespie , D M , Palmer , L E , MacAulay , J D J , Sparling , C E & Hastie , G D 2021 , ' Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine ' , Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems , vol. 31 , no. 9 , pp. 2459-2468 . https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3660 1052-7613 ORCID: /0000-0001-7658-5111/work/96817227 ORCID: /0000-0001-9628-157X/work/96817351 ORCID: /0000-0002-9773-2755/work/96817468 https://hdl.handle.net/10023/23494 doi:10.1002/aqc.3660 NE/R014639/1 NE/R015007/1 Behaviour Coastal Distribution Environmental impact assessment Mammals Renewable energy QL Zoology VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering DAS SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy SDG 14 - Life Below Water QL VM Journal article 2021 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3660 2024-04-03T14:07:22Z Funding: Scottish Government (Grant Number(s): Marine Mammal Scientific Support Program MMSS/002/); Natural Environment Research Council (Grant Number(s): NE/R014639/1, NE/R015007/1). 1. Tidal energy generators have the potential to injure or kill marine animals, including small cetaceans, through collisions with moving turbine parts. Information on the fine scale behaviour of animals close to operational turbines is required to inform regulators of the likely impact of these new technologies. 2. Harbour porpoise movements were monitored in three dimensions around a tidal turbine for 451 days between October 2017 and April 2019 with a 12-channel hydrophone array. 3. Echolocation clicks from 344 porpoise events were localized close to the turbine. The data show that porpoises effectively avoid the turbine rotors, with only a single animal clearly passing through the rotor swept area while the rotors were stationary, and none passing through while rotating. 4. The results indicate that the risk of collisions between the tidal turbine and porpoises is low; this has important implications for the potential effects and the sustainable development of the tidal energy industry. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Harbour porpoise University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems |
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Behaviour Coastal Distribution Environmental impact assessment Mammals Renewable energy QL Zoology VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering DAS SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy SDG 14 - Life Below Water QL VM Gillespie, Douglas Michael Palmer, Laura Eve MacAulay, Jamie Donald John Sparling, Carol Elizabeth Hastie, Gordon Drummond Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine |
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Funding: Scottish Government (Grant Number(s): Marine Mammal Scientific Support Program MMSS/002/); Natural Environment Research Council (Grant Number(s): NE/R014639/1, NE/R015007/1). 1. Tidal energy generators have the potential to injure or kill marine animals, including small cetaceans, through collisions with moving turbine parts. Information on the fine scale behaviour of animals close to operational turbines is required to inform regulators of the likely impact of these new technologies. 2. Harbour porpoise movements were monitored in three dimensions around a tidal turbine for 451 days between October 2017 and April 2019 with a 12-channel hydrophone array. 3. Echolocation clicks from 344 porpoise events were localized close to the turbine. The data show that porpoises effectively avoid the turbine rotors, with only a single animal clearly passing through the rotor swept area while the rotors were stationary, and none passing through while rotating. 4. The results indicate that the risk of collisions between the tidal turbine and porpoises is low; this has important implications for the potential effects and the sustainable development of the tidal energy industry. Peer reviewed |
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NERC University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group University of St Andrews. Sound Tags Group |
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