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

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

Abstract 1. Offshore windfarms require construction procedures that minimize impacts on protected marine mammals. Uncertainty over the efficacy of existing guidelines for mitigating near‐field injury when pile‐driving recently resulted in the development of alternative measures, which integrated the...

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Main Authors: Paul M. Thompson, Isla M. Graham, Barbara Cheney, Tim R. Barton, Adrian Farcas, Nathan D. Merchant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Subjects:
acoustic disturbance
behavioural response
cetaceans
environmental risk assessment
harbour porpoise
mitigation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12034

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https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12034

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