Potential population consequences of active sonar disturbance in Atlantic herring: estimating the maximum risk
Sivle, L.D.; Kvadsheim, P.H.; Ainslie, M.A. (2016). Potential population consequences of active sonar disturbance in Atlantic herring: estimating the maximum risk, in: Popper, A.N. et al. The effects of noise on aquatic life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 875: pp. 217-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_25
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
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Naval sonar; Behavioral effects; Population consequence of acoustic; disturbance model |
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- Sivle, L.D.
- Kvadsheim, P.H.
- Ainslie, M.A.
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Effects of noise on fish populations may be predicted by the population consequence of acoustic disturbance (PCAD) model. We have predicted the potential risk of population disturbance when the highest sound exposure level (SEL) at which adult herring do not respond to naval sonar (SEL0) is exceeded. When the population density is low (feeding), the risk is low even at high sonar source levels and long-duration exercises (>24 h). With densely packed populations (overwintering), a sonar exercise might expose the entire population to levels >SEL0 within a 24-h exercise period. However, the disturbance will be short and the response threshold used here is highly conservative. It is therefore unlikely that naval sonar will significantly impact the herring population. |
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