Harbour porpoise movement strategy affects cumulative number of animals acoustically exposed to underwater explosions:

• Main Authors: Aarts,G., Benda-Beckmann, A.M. von, Lucke, K., Özkan Sertlek, H., Bemmelen, R. van, Geelhoed, S.C.V., Brasseur, S., Scheidat, M., Lam, F.P.A., Slabbekoorn, H., Kirkwood, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Physics; Marine mammals; Athropogenic sound; Individual-based model; Cummulative effects; Impact assessment; Population consequenses of disturbance; Specie distribution; Acoustics; Defence Research; Defence; Safety and Security; Observation; Weapon & Protection Systems; AS - Acoustics & Sonar; TS - Technical Sciences; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df5ecb43-2a7f-455a-be27-15439363bfa4

Anthropogenic sound in the marine environment can have negative consequences for marine fauna. Since most sound sources are intermittent or continuous, estimating how many individuals are exposed over time remains challenging, as this depends on the animals’ mobility. Here we explored how animal movement influences how many, and how often, animals are impacted by sound. In a dedicated study, we estimated how different movement strategies affect the number of individual harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena receiving temporary or permanent