Underwater Noise Working Group

Document Resource

 

Shipping as a possible source of disturbance to cetaceans in the ASCOBANS region (PGH Evans) 5MB
European Parliament resolution on the environmental effects of high-intensity active naval sonars 100KB
Disturbance to Mediterranean cetaceans casued by noise (E Roussel) 120KB
Report of the Workshop on Acoustic Resonance as a Source of Tissue Trauma in Cetaceans. April 24 and 25, 2002, Silver Spring, MD 90KB
Acoustic Pollution in the Oceans: The Search for Legal Standards (H Dotinga & AG Oude Elferink 300KB
Atlantic Frontier Cetaceans: Recent research on distribution, ecology and impacts (A Moscrop & R Swift) 800KB
Application of the Acoustic Integration Model (AIM) to predict and minimize environmental impacts (AS Frankel et al.) 600KB
Aquatic Noise Pollution: Potential Concerns for Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska (A Pomerville & M vendenBerg) 30KB
Does acoustic testing strand whales? (A Frantzis) 100KB
Joint Interim Report Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding Event of 14-16 March 2000 1.5MB
Summary Record, SACLANTCEN Marine Mammal Environmental Policy and Mitigation Procedures Panel, La Spezia, Italy, 17 - 19 June 1998 20KB
Summary of Current Legislation Relevant to Nature Conservation in the Marine Environment in the United Kingdom. Report 1 (S Boyes et al.) 700KB
Regulatory Responsibilities & Enforcement Mechanisms Relevant to Marine Nature Conservation in the United Kingdom. Report 2 (S Boyes et al.) 800KB
Deficiencies in the Current Legislation Relevant to Nature Conservation in the Marine Environment in the United Kingdom. Report 3 (S Boyes et al.) 500KB
Effectiveness, Efficiency & Weakness of Enforcement in the UK Marine Environment Responses to Questionnaire. Report 4 (S Boyes & M Elliott ) 700KB
The emergence of low-frequency active acoustics as a critical antisubmarine warfare technology (GD Tyler) 700KB
London Papers 1.5MB
Meeting Summary of the Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals, Initial Meeting, February 3-5, 2004, Bethesda, Maryland 300KB
Gas-bubble lesions in stranded cetaceans. Was sonar responsible for a spate of whale deaths after an Atlantic military exercise? (PD Jepson et al.) 500KB
NavyResp_NRDC_30Sept04 1.5MB
A Framework for Regulating Marine Noise under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (L Seitz) 100KB
Underwater noise of whale-watching boats and potential effects on killer whales (Orcinus orca), based on an acoustic impact model (C Erbe) 800KB
NRDC Navy Petition 100KB
NRDC Summary Judgement 2MB
NRDC v Donald Evans 1MB
Oceans of Noise (A WDCS Science report) 1.3MB
Shock Wave/Sound Propagation Modeling Results for Calculating Marine Protected Species Impact Zones During Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures (PT Dzwilewski & G Fenton) 1.2MB
NRDC Preliminary Injunction 150KB
Can diving-induced tissue nitrogen supersaturation increase the chance of acoustically driven bubble growth in marine mammals? (DS Houser et al.) 300KB
Sonar 2087 and the Environment (Defence Procurement Agency) 800KB
Sonic Impact: A Precautionary Assessment of Noise Pollution from Ocean Seismic Surveys (Greenpeace) 900KB
Petition against high intensity active Sonar (European Coalition for Silent Oceans) 20KB

The death of cetaceans through the use of LFA sonar in naval military manoeuvres (Oceana)

130KB

Dolphin-watching tour boats change bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) behaviour (R Constantine et al.)

270KB

Behavioural response of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) to vessel traffic (S Leung Ng & S Leung)

330KB
Acoustic interaction of humpback whales and whale-watching boats (WWL Au & M Green) 700KB
Sonar 2087 Update (Marine Connection) 100KB
Observer Article (Marine Connection) 50KB
Statement of Concern on Noise Pollution (Marine Connection) 80KB
The answer from ICES to a request from the Director General (Environment) of the European Commission for scientific information concerning the impact of sonar activities on cetacean populations 1.4MB
Impacts of marine acoustic technology on the Antartic Environment 3.1MB
Report of the Ad-hoc Group on the Impact of Sonar on Cetaceans and Fish (AGISC) 40KB