Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore wind farms

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This study was funded by Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd. (BOWL) using equipment previously purchased by UK Department of Energy & Climate Change, Scottish Government, Oil and Gas UK, COWRIE and Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd. Whilst this study was funded by a commercial developer, B...

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Published in:Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Main Authors: Thompson, Paul, Graham, Isla M, Cheney, Barbara, Barton, Tim R., Farcas, Adrian, Merchant, Nathan D.
Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Centre for Energy Transition
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Acoustic disturbance
behavioural response
cetaceans
Environmental risk assessment
harbour porpoise
Mitigation
Renewable energy
underwater noise
QH301 Biology
QL Zoology
GE Environmental Sciences
Other
Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd. Grant Number: Contract 16.113
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QH301
QL
GE
Harbour porpoise
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2164/15974
https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12034
https://publons.com/publon/10.1002/2688-8319.12034
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5qg30sd
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.34tmpg4hs
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Summary:ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This study was funded by Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd. (BOWL) using equipment previously purchased by UK Department of Energy & Climate Change, Scottish Government, Oil and Gas UK, COWRIE and Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd. Whilst this study was funded by a commercial developer, Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd. (BOWL), the funding body had no input into data collection, data analysis or interpretation, or the writing of the paper. Experimental playbacks of ADD were conducted under Animal Licence number 91734 from Scottish Natural Heritage. Moorings for recording devices were licensed by Marine Scotland and consented by the Crown Estate. We thank: MFRAG members for constructive advice; Nick Brockie, Lis Royle, Elizabeth Reynolds and BOWL colleagues for industry data and facilitating fieldwork during windfarm construction; Bill Ruck at Moray First Marine and University of Aberdeen colleagues for support with data collection. We thank Caroline Carter and two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments on the manuscript. Peer reviewed

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