MR 8.2 Sound Exposure Explorer Tool Manual [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] The purpose of the Sound Exposure Explorer (SEE) is to provide a simple interactive utility which can be used to explore simple sound…
MR 8.1 Tests of acoustic signals for aversive sound mitigation with harbour seals [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] Some anthropogenic activities that produce intense sound in the marine environment present a risk of…
MR 7.2.3 Collision risk and impact study: Field tests of turbine blade-seal carcass collisions [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] In the absence of any field data, collision risk models currently assume that all…
MR 7.2.2 Collision risk and impact study: Examination of models for estimating the risk of collisions between seals and tidal turbines [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] The rate at which collisions can be expected to…
MR 7.1.2 The density and behaviour of marine mammals in tidal rapids [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are one of Europe’s most common cetaceans and they are protected under European…
MR 7.1.1 Quantifying porpoise depth distributions and underwater behaviour in tidal rapids areas [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] A vertical hydrophone array has been developed to provide new insights into harbour…
MR 6.2 Definition of “range” in the context of marine renewable energy development and marine mammal conservation [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] There are a number of potential issues affecting the populations of…
Review of methodology and main results of the JCP analysis of cetacean densities in the context of marine renewable development. [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] There are a number of potential issues affecting the…
Inter-haul-out transition rates [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] The aim of this study was to predict the changes in the number of seals hauled at the South-East Islay Skerries Special Area of Conservation (EIS SAC) in…
Activity classification using state space modelling [symple_toggle title=”Summary”] The state-space model developed for defining activity budgets on a coarse resolution (6 hours) was used to define activity budgets at…