The use of deep water berths and the effect of noise on bottlenose dolphins in the shannon estuary cSAC

Joanne M. O’Brien, Suzanne Beck, Simon D. Berrow, Michel André, Mike van der Schaar, Ian O’Connor, Eugene P. McKeown

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Abstract

The Shannon Estuary on the west coast of Ireland is one of Europe’s premier deepwater berths catering for ships up to 200,000 deadweight tonnage. It is also Ireland’s only designated candidate special area of conservation for bottlenose dolphins under the EU Habitats Directive. Long-term static acoustic monitoring was carried out at a number of intensive shipping sites. In 2012, noise monitoring took place over a 6-month period (at 1 site) as part of Ireland’s requirements under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This is the first assessment of the potential effect of vessel traffic on the behavior of this discrete dolphin population.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages775-783
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume875
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • LIDO
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
  • Noise monitoring
  • Shipping
  • Special area of conservation

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