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 language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology |
| Publisher | Springer New York LLC |
| Pages | 775-783 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
| Name | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology |
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| Volume | 875 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0065-2598 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2214-8019 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
Keywords
- LIDO
- Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- Noise monitoring
- Shipping
- Special area of conservation
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