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A Modeling Comparison of the Potential Effects on Marine Mammals from Sounds Produced by Marine Vibroseis and Air Gun Seismic Sources
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Cynthia, D. Pyć Matthews, Marie-Noël R. Ireland, Darren S. Zeddies, David G. Brune, Robert H. |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Concerns about the potential environmental impacts of geophysical surveys using air gun sources, coupled with advances in geophysical surveying technology and data processing, are driving research and development of commercially viable alternative technologies such as marine vibroseis (MV). MV systems produce controllable acoustic signals through volume displacement of water using a vibrating plate or shell. MV sources generally produce lower acoustic pressure and reduced bandwidth (spectral content) compared to air gun sources, but to be effective sources for geophysical surveys they typically produce longer duration signals with short inter-signal periods. Few studies have evaluated the potential effects of MV system use on marine fauna. In this desktop study, potential acoustic exposure of marine mammals was estimated for MV and air gun arrays by modeling the source signal, sound propagation, and animal movement in representative survey scenarios. In the scenarios, few marine mammals could be expected to be exposed to potentially injurious sound levels for either source type, but fewer were predicted for MV arrays than air gun arrays. The estimated number of marine mammals exposed to sound levels associated with behavioral disturbance depended on the selection of evaluation criteria. More behavioral disturbance was predicted for MV arrays compared to air gun arrays using a single threshold sound pressure level (SPL), while the opposite result was found when using frequency-weighted sound fields and a multiple-step, probabilistic, threshold function. |
| Starting Page | 12 |
| e-ISSN | 20771312 |
| DOI | 10.3390/jmse9010012 |
| Journal | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Marine Engineering Animat Air Gun Impact Assessment Marine Vibroseis Marine Mammal Sound Propagation Ocean Noise Underwater Noise Modeling and Mapping Underwater Noise Effects Ocean Noise Regulations |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
