Chronic Ocean Noise: Cetacean Ecology and Acoustic habitat Loss

Projektinformationen

CONCEAL

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 253407

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 3 Dezember 2010

Enddatum 2 Dezember 2012

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 240 289,60

EU-Beitrag € 240 289,60

Koordiniert durch

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
United Kingdom

Ziel

The overall aim of project CONCEAL (“Chronic Ocean Noise: Cetacean Ecology and Acoustic habitat Loss”) is to quantify the ecological consequences to marine mammals of acoustic habitat degradation due to masking effects of chronic ocean noise in a robust statistical framework. Ambient noise levels (e.g. marine shipping traffic, offshore oil and gas activities, and renewable energy sources) have risen dramatically in the world ocean in recent decades, but evaluating the impacts of this trend on acoustically sensitive marine predators has proven difficult. The proposed project would allow quantification of this threat in a rigorous, repeatable and standardised way that informs species-specific mitigation measures and assists reporting. The project builds on a recent development by American colleagues to estimate a “masking metric”, which uses the sonar equation, informed by biological and empirical data, to quantify changes in the communication space of an individual or population as a result of changes in the acoustic environment. This metric is a simple, but repeatable and rigorously derived parameter in which the measurement of interest is the ratio of communication space available to a given species under current noise conditions relative to its communication space under estimated levels of pre-industrial ambient noise. Initial case studies include fin, humpback and killer whales. This multidisciplinary research project will be guided by and have strong implications for marine conservation and natural resource management policy. The study will integrate expertise from three disciplines: (1) biology; (2) acoustics; and (3) statistical modelling, and draws on leaders in all three fields. Progress is urgently needed on this conceptually challenging research topic, not least because marine mammals are protected under the Habitats Directive and scientific guidance is needed to assist those tasked with judging Favourable Conservation Status.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy
• natural sciences › biological sciences › zoology › mammalogy › cetology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › natural resources management
• natural sciences › physical sciences › acoustics

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF - Marie Curie Action: "International Incoming Fellowships"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IIF - International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

Koordinator

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS

Kontakt Verwaltung

Trish Starrs (Ms.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 240 289,60
• Adresse: NORTH STREET 66 COLLEGE GATE ; KY16 9AJ St Andrews ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: Scotland › Eastern Scotland › Clackmannanshire and Fife
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten