The use of deep water berths and the effect of noise on bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary cSAC
O’Brien, J.M.; Beck, S.; Berrow, S.D.; André, M.; van der Schaar, M.; O’Connor, I.; McKeown, E.P. (2016). The use of deep water berths and the effect of noise on bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary cSAC, in: Popper, A.N. et al. The effects of noise on aquatic life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 875: pp. 775-783. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_95 In: Popper, A.N.; Hawkins, A. (Ed.) (2016). The effects of noise on aquatic life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 875. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc: New York. ISBN 978-1-4939-2980-1. xxx, 1292 pp., more In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer: Berlin. ISSN 0065-2598; e-ISSN 2214-8019, more |  |
| Keywords | Noise monitoring
Shipping
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Special area of conservation; LIDO; Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
| Authors | | Top | - O’Brien, J.M.
- Beck, S.
- Berrow, S.D.
- André, M., more
| - van der Schaar, M.
- O’Connor, I.
- McKeown, E.P.
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| Abstract | The Shannon Estuary on the west coast of Ireland is one of Europe’s premier deepwater berths catering for ships up to 200,000 deadweight tonnage. It is also Ireland’s only designated candidate special area of conservation for bottlenose dolphins under the EU Habitats Directive. Long-term static acoustic monitoring was carried out at a number of intensive shipping sites. In 2012, noise monitoring took place over a 6-month period (at 1 site) as part of Ireland’s requirements under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This is the first assessment of the potential effect of vessel traffic on the behavior of this discrete dolphin population. |
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