PCoD Lite - Using an Interim PCoD Protocol to Assess the Effects of Disturbance Associated with US Navy Exercises on Marine Mammal Populations

摘要: Abstract : The approach that will be developed in this project has the potential for operational use by US Navy as part of its environmental impact assessments. In future, these assessments likely required to provide information on population-level consequences exposure anthropogenic noise from activities well number animals are exposed. order issue an incidental harassment authorization under Marine Mammal Protection Act, Office Protected Resources must ensure specified activity cannot reasonably expected to, and is not adversely affect species or stock through effects annual rates recruitment survival . We have recently interim protocol (Harwood et al. 2014) can used implement framework assessing population acoustic disturbance marine mammals originally a panel appointed National Research Council (NRC 2005). However, was designed assess associated with construction operation offshore renewable energy developments mammal populations UK waters.