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Aug 2017

Diving behaviour of Cuvier's beaked whales exposed to two types of military sonar

Erin A. Falcone, Gregory S. Schorr, Stephanie L. Watwood, Stacy L. DeRuiter, Alexandre N. Zerbini, Russel D. Andrews, Ronald P. Morrisey, David J. Moretti

Royal Society Open Science http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/8/170629

Anthropogenic noise pollution from pile driving disrupts the structure and dynamics of fish shoals

James E. Herbert-Read, Louise Kremer, Rick Bruintjes, Christos C. Ioannou

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320066927_Anthropogenic_noise_pollution_from_pile-driving_disrupts_the_structure_and_dynamics_of_fish_shoals

Jul 2017

Widely used marine seismic survey air gun operations negatively impact zooplankton

Robert D. McCauley, Ryan D. Day, Kerrie M. Swadling, Quinn P. Fitzgibbon, Reg A. Watson & Jayson M. Semmens

Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, Article Number: 0195

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0195

Jun 2017

Trump's oil drilling executive order targets marine mammals

Published in Oil Industry News on Thursday, 1 June 2017

https://www.oilandgaspeople.com/news/14344/trumps-oil-drilling-executive-order-targets-marine-mammals/

Motor-boat noise makes bad fish parents, leading to the death of their babies

Sophie Nedelec, Steve Simpson

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_587102_en.html

May 2017

Behavioral Responses of a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to Sounds from an Acoustic Porpoise Deterrent

Ronald A. Kastelein, Janne Huybrechts, Jennifer Covi, and Lean Helder-Hoek

Aquatic Mammals 2017, 43(3), 233-244, DOI 10.1578/AM.43.3.2017.233

A key to quieter seas: half of ship noise comes from 15% of the fleet

Scott Viers, Val Viers, Rob Williams, Michael Jasny, Jason Wood

https://www.authorea.com/users/5650/articles/162394-a-key-to-quieter-sea...

Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms

The Herald

http://donstaniford.typepad.com/.a/6a016766faffa0970b01bb0998b192970d-pi

Inner city seals may suffer hearing loss

University of St Andrews website

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2017/title,1276603,en.php

Apr 2017

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