Assessing the Effects of Banana Pingers as a Bycatch Mitigation Device for Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

Assessing the Effects of Banana Pingers as a Bycatch Mitigation Device for Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

Bycatch is a significant cause of population declines of marine megafauna globally. While numerous bycatch mitigation strategies exist, acoustic alarms, or pingers, are the most widely adopted strategy for small cetaceans. Although pingers have been shown to be an effective measure for numerous spec...

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Main Authors: Lucy C. M. Omeyer, Philip D. Doherty, Sarah Dolman, Robert Enever, Allan Reese, Nicholas Tregenza, Ruth Williams, Brendan J. Godley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
acoustic deterrent
C-POD
cetacean
marine mammal
passive acoustic monitoring
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00285/full

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