Marine Pollution Bulletin (2024)
Many man-made marine structures (MMS) will have to be decommissioned in the coming decades. While studies on the impacts of construction of MMS on marine mammals exist, no research has…
Hardly seen, often heard: Acoustic presence of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in one of the most urbanised estuaries in the world
Rekdahl, Melinda L.; Trabue, Sarah G.; King-Nolan, Carissa D.; Strindberg, Samantha; Rosenbaum, Howard C.
Frontiers in Marine Science (2023)
The New York-New Jersey (NY-NJ) Harbour Estuary and surrounding waters support the largest port along the U.S. East Coast, commercial and recreational fishing, and a burgeoning offshore wind energy industry.…
Variations in echolocation click characteristics of finless porpoise in response to day/night and absence/presence of vessel noise
Ogawa, Mayu; Kimura, Satoko S.
PLOS ONE (2023)
Small odontocetes produce echolocation clicks to feed and navigate, making it an essential function for their survival. Recently, the effect of vessel noise on small odontocetes behavior has attracted attention…
Implications of porpoise echolocation and dive behaviour on passive acoustic monitoring
Macaulay, Jamie Donald John; Rojano-Doñate, Laia; Ladegaard, Michael; Tougaard, Jakob; Teilmann, Jonas; Marques, Tiago A.; Siebert, Ursula; Madsen, Peter Teglberg
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2023)
Harbour porpoises are visually inconspicuous but highly soniferous echolocating marine predators that are regularly studied using passive acoustic monitoring (PAM). PAM can provide quality data on animal abundance, human impact,…
Arkona offshore wind farm. Passive acoustic monitoring – Field work report.
Sveegaard, S.
(2023)
In July 2022, Aarhus University was contracted by SWECO AB to conduct a one-year baseline study and impact assessment of harbour porpoises as well as noise monitoring within the pre-investigation…
Acoustic ecology of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) between two U.S. offshore wind energy areas
Holdman, A. K.; Tregenza, N.; Van Parijs, S. M.; DeAngelis, A. I.
ICES Journal of Marine Science (2023)
Offshore wind energy is set to develop rapidly in waters off the east coast of the United States. There is considerable overlap between areas proposed for offshore wind development and…
Making nets more acoustically visible: Floats as passive mitigation measures to reduce bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnets
Rosshagen, F.
(2023)
Incidental capture in fishing gear is today affecting at least 112 marine mammal species worldwide and for many smaller toothed whale species (Odontocete), gillnets are considered to be the largest…
The click production of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaorientalis) is influenced by social and environmental factors
Serres, Agathe; Xu, Chen; Hao, Yujiang; Wang, Ding
Animals (2021)
Yangtze finless porpoises use high-frequency clicks to navigate, forage, and communicate. The way in which click production may vary depending on social or environmental context has never been investigated. A…
Population survey showing hope for population recovery of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise
Huang, Jie; Mei, Zhigang; Chen, Mao; Han, Yi; Zhang, Xinqiao; Moore, Jeffrey E.; Zhao, Xiujiang; Hao, Yujiang; Wang, Kexiong; Wang, Ding
Biological Conservation (2020)
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), has experienced rapid declines in recent decades. We estimate its abundance based on surveys conducted between November and December 2017 in the main-stem…
Using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of cetaceans in a protected marine area in northwest Ireland
Todd, Nicole R. E.; Cronin, Michelle; Luck, Cian; Bennison, Ashley; Jessopp, Mark; Kavanagh, Ailbhe S.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2020)
Under the EU Habitats Directive, cetacean species must be maintained at favourable conservation status in European waters. Whether this is achieved via protected area designation, curtailment of activities such as…