The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II

1243 Pages·2016·24.25 MB·English

by  Arthur N. Popper

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 875
Arthur N. Popper
Anthony Hawkins Editors
The Eff ects
of Noise on
Aquatic Life II
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Editorial Board:
IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
ABEL LAJTHA, N.S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
JOHN D. LAMBRIS, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Arthur N. Popper • Anthony Hawkins
Editors
The Effects of Noise
on Aquatic Life II
Editors
Arthur N. Popper Anthony Hawkins
Department of Biology Aberdeen , UK
University of Maryland
College Park , MD , USA
ISSN 0065-2598 ISSN 2214-8019 (electronic)
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Pref ace
This book presents the papers presented at the Third International Conference on
the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life that took place in August 2013 in Budapest,
Hungary. The meeting, like its predecessors in Nyborg, Denmark (2007; Hawkins
et al. 2008), and Cork, Ireland (2010; Popper and Hawkins 2012), introduced par-
ticipants to the most recent research on the effects of man-m ade noise on aquatic
animals and the aquatic environment. Almost 250 scientists, acousticians, engi-
neers, regulators, and representatives of industry and environmental groups from 24
countries came together to share data and ideas and to meet colleagues with inter-
ests across the range of topics covered at the meeting. The effects of noise on a wide
range of animals were discussed and debated over the 5 days of the conference, as
were issues related to different sound sources, national and international regula-
tions, and the interests of industrial and environmental groups. The animals consid-
ered included marine mammals, turtles, amphibians, fi shes, and invertebrates.
T he various themes of the meeting were chosen to cover the principal subjects of
current interest. They included the hearing abilities of aquatic animals; communica-
tion by means of underwater sound; the description of aquatic soundscapes; differ-
ent sound sources and their characteristics; the effects of sound on behavior; and
assessing, mitigating, and monitoring the effects of aquatic noise. There is now
increasing interest by the general public in the impact of underwater noise, while
there is a continuing requirement for governments and industry to conduct formal
assessments of the impact of offshore developments. As a consequence, special
panels (see the Chapters 159 by Erbe et al., 160 by Johnson and Dolan, 161 by
Lewankowski et al., and 162 by Scowcroft) were convened to discuss two especially
relevant topics: ways of communicating the results of science to the general public
and how best to facilitate closer interaction between regulators and those being
regulated.
Papers were submitted by a large number of participants and this generated a
very full program. The idea previously tested in Nyborg and Cork of having several
sessions of short, rapid-fi re presentations about various posters was further
d eveloped and proved a great success. The rapid-fi re talks added value to the large
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number of poster presentations and allowed their presenters to draw attention to the
wide range of new studies of underwater noise and its effects.
Since the original Nyborg meeting, there has been an enormous increase of inter-
est in underwater noise. The development of offshore renewable energy resources,
dredging for aggregates, construction activities, the use of sonars, increases in com-
mercial shipping, and the further development of the offshore oil and gas industry
have led to increasing work by scientists and engineers on the effects of this noise.
Our three conferences have brought together a whole community of people engaged
in work on underwater noise and have enabled a very full exchange of ideas to take
place. Many people are now looking forward to the next conference, to be held in
2016 in Dublin.
F inally, a note about the “organization” of this book. From looking over the vari-
ous chapters, it is clear that they could have been organized any number of ways.
This could have been, for example, based on animal groups, sound sources, experi-
mental approaches, and other ways. Since we could not come up with a scheme that
we thought would satisfy everyone (or even ourselves), we took the approach that
we would present the papers in alphabetical order of the fi rst author, and then let
readers either browse the volume or do electronic searches on the PDF or electronic
versions of the volume. This decision is, of course, based in part that most people
will view the book in electronic form, as is so often the case for new books today.
Arthur N. Popper, College Park, MD, USA
Anthony Hawkins, Aberdeen, UK
References
Hawkins A, Popper AN, Wahlberg M (2008) Introduction: International Conference on the Effects
of Noise on Aquatic Life. Bioacoustics 17:1–3.
P opper AN, Hawkins AD (eds) (2012) The effects of noise on aquatic life. Advances in experi-
mental medicine and biology, vol 730. Springer Science + Business Media, New York
Acknowledgments
T he editors and the conference participants wish to thank the following agencies
and organizations for providing the fi nancial assistance that enabled us to support
attendance of a large number of delegates at the Conference in Budapest.
Funding Agencies
Fisheries Joint Management Committee (Canada)
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
National Science Foundation (USA)
NAVFAC (USA)
Offi ce of Naval Research (USA)
Offi ce of Naval Research—Global (UK)
Companies
British Petroleum
Chevron
ExxonMobil
Gardline Environmental Ltd.
Greenridge Associates/LGL
HDR
Illingworth & Rodkin
JASCO Applied Sciences
Loggerhead Instruments
Loughine Ltd.
RTsys
SIMRAD
Wildlife Acoustics
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Organizations
Acoustical Society of America
Aquatic Noise Trust
Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS.ORG)
The Company of Biologists
University of Maryland, College of Chemical and Life Sciences and the Center for
Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing
The editors and organizers would also like to express their gratitude to the large
number of people who provided help in planning and executing the meeting.
We start with our wives, Susan Hawkins and Helen A. Popper, for substantial and
invaluable guidance in selecting the meeting site and planning the non-science
activities for the meeting.
The logistics and organization of the meeting in Budapest, and the running of the
meeting, could not have been carried out without the exceptional guidance, wisdom,
and help of the staff of Venues World. In particular, we acknowledge the enormous
contributions of Terri Cullinane, Andras Meszaros, and Jennifer Loftus.
We thank Patty Doerfl er of the Department of Biology at the University of
Maryland for her meticulous work to ensure that our funding was managed properly
and that we were in the position to reimburse delegates getting support in the most
effi cient manner.
We are also grateful to our co-organizers and the Advisory Committee for their
dedication, insights, and guidance. We are also most grateful to the group of “stu-
dents” who volunteered to help at the meeting.
Co-Organizers
Christine Erbe, Australia
James Miller, USA
Joseph Sisneros, USA
Advisory Committee
Michael Ainslie, TNO, The Netherlands
Sarah Dolman, WDCS, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, UK
Rebecca Dunlop, University of Queensland, Australia
Bruce Hanna, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Craig Johnson, National Marine Fisheries Service, USA
Jill Lewandowski, BOEM, USA
David A. Mann, Loggerhead Instruments, USA
Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Roberto Racca, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada
Gail Scowcroft, DOSITS Project, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, USA
Hans Slabbekoorn, IBL—Leiden University, The Netherlands
Michael Stocker, Ocean Conservation Research, USA
B randon Southall, Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. & University of California,
Santa Cruz, USA
Bill Streever, BP Exploration, Alaska, Inc., USA
Michael Weise, Offi ce of Naval Research, USA
Acknowledgments ix
Student Organizers
Sara Crowell, University of Maryland, USA
Michael Gray, Georgia Tech, USA
Jamie McWilliam, Curtin University, Australia
Louise Roberts, University of Hull, UK
Jennifer Stanley, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Katie Willis, University of Maryland, USA
Meeting session in grand ballroom of Corinthia Hotel
Networking