Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern
about the impact dredging has on marine life, including marine mammals (cetaceans …

The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a global marine mammal species for
which some populations, due to their coastal accessibility, have been monitored diligently by …

Marine renewable developments have raised concerns over impacts of underwater noise on
marine species, particularly from pile-driving for wind turbines. Environmental assessments …

The inshore, continental shelf waters of British Columbia (BC), Canada are busy with ship
traffic. South coast waters are heavily trafficked by ships using the ports of Vancouver and …

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are one of the most cosmopolitan marine mammal species with
potential widespread exposure to anthropogenic noise impacts. Previous audiometric data …

With the dramatic increase in anthropogenic threats to the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), the
population size of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) has significantly …

Cetacean mass stranding events associated with naval mid-frequency sonar use have
raised considerable conservation concerns. These strandings have mostly involved beaked …

Sound is a primary sensory cue for most marine mammals, and this is especially true for
cetaceans. To passively and actively acquire information about their environment, cetaceans …

Noise levels in the ocean are increasing and are expected to affect marine mammals. To
examine the auditory effects of noise on odontocetes, a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops …

Temporary threshold shift (TTS) was measured in two bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) after exposure to 16-s tones between 3 and 80 kHz to examine the effects of …