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Session Name |
Chairs |
Invited Speakers |
NOISE MEASUREMENT |
Ambient & Natural Noise |
- Doug Cato, Defence Science and Technology Organisation & University of Sydney Australia
- Mark Prior, TNO, The Netherlands
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- Christine Erbe, Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Ambient noise in the Perth Canyon: 2008-2014
- Mike van der Schaar, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain, Seasonality in sound measurements from the Japanese East Coast
- Thomas Folegot, Quiet-Oceans, France, Assimilation of real-time measurement for ambient noise prediction
- Craig Radford, Leigh Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science, New Zealand, Marine Soundscape Ecology: the application of acoustic diversity indices
- Arthur N. Popper, University of Maryland, USA, Noise Levels in Shallow Waters Near the Hudson River’s Tappan Zee Bridge
- Ayca Eleman, Sualti Arastirmalari Dernegi (Underwater Research Society), Turkey, Underwater ambient noise in the English Channel from 1989-2009 and its spatial and temporal variability
- Peter Sigray, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Sweden, Recent Results from Large Scale Monitoring of the Ambient Noise in the Baltic Sea
- Bas Binnerts, TNO, The Netherlands, The importance of natural sources for sound maps of the Dutch North sea: A comparison between wind, rain, and ships as sources of sound
- Mathias Andersson, FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden, Harbour seal vocalisation off season
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Pile driving & other impulsive sources |
- Stephen Robinson, NPL, UK
- Roberto Racca, JASCO, Canada
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- Alexander MacGillivray, JASCO Applied Sciences, Victoria BC, Canada, Measurements of Pile Driving Noise Attenuation and Sound Propagation in the Hudson River
- Christine Erbe (for Alexander Gavrilov), Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Numerical modelling of underwater sound emission from marine pile driving over elastic seabeds
- Michael Wood, JASCO Applied Sciences, Droxford, Ha, UK and University of Southampton, UK, Sediment stiffness effects on piling noise using a wave-equation analysis model
- Federica Pace, Baker Consultants Marine Ltd, Matlock, Db, UK, Mitigating the impact of pile-driving noise on harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) during foundation installation at Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind farm
- Christ de Jong, TNO, Sonar and acoustics, The Netherlands, Modelling of impact pile driving noise for assessing the impact on marine animals
- Peter Theobald, National Physics Laboratory, UK, A standard for piling noise measurement: progress with ISO18406
- Andreas Holmberg, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Stockholm, Sweden, Analysis of shallow water explosions and the impact on fish
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Shipping |
- Christian Audoly, DCNS, France
- Christ de Jong, TNO, The Netherlands
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- Eric Baudin, Bureau Veritas: An overview of the Bureau Veritas Rule Note NR614 “Underwater Radiated Noise“
- Megan McKenna, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, Measurements of radiated underwater noise from modern merchant ships relevant to noise impacts on marine mammals
- Cédric Gervaise, GIPSA-lab, France, Experience with ship noise measurements (standards & uncertainty)
- Alex Brooker, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK, An assessment of the variability associated with the measurement of radiated noise from vessels
- Raúl Salinas, TSI, Spain, Correlation between vessel full-scale measurements and URN numerical prediction in the framework of the AQUO EU project
- Christian Audoly, DCNS Research, France, Parametric models of ship source level for use in an underwater noise footprint assessment tool
- Dietrich Wittekind, DW-ShipConsult, Germany, An Acoustic Source Level for Ships
- Alexander MacGillivray, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada, Modelling Shipping Noise Exposures Using Vessel Tracking Data
- Frazer Coomber, CIMA research foundation, Italy, Measurements of the shipping levels in the Genoa Canyon system to address the impact on an acoustically sensitive cetacean species Ziphius cavirostris
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Seismic Surveys |
- Mike Jenkerson, Exxon-Mobil, USA
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- Isabelle Lambert, CGG, France, Seismic Methods and the Use of Sound
- Nick Robinson, Gardline Environmental Limited, UK, GeoTechnical & Site Survey Methods
- Sean Hayes, Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd, UK, The use of better quantification techniques in marine survey assessments
- Clara Correa, Repsol, Spain, Sound Model Validation Method
- Mike Jenkerson, ExxonMobil, USA, The Marine Vibrator JIP, USA, Technical and Operational Specifications for the Marine Vibrator
- Raymond Abma, BP, USA, Popcorn source seismic acquisition
- Jack Norton, Teledyne-Bolt, USA, eSource: The Tuneable Impulsive Seismic Source
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Renewable Energy |
- Paul Lepper, Loughborough University, UK
- Frank Thomsen, DHI Denmark
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- Monika Kosecka, DHI Polska, Poland, Simultaneous particle motion and sound pressure measurements at two types of offshore windfarms in operation
- Alain Norro, RBINS, Belgium, Characterization of operational underwater noise generated by Wind Park in Belgian water of the North Sea
- Juan Bald, AZTI, Spain, Acoustic characterization of submarine cable installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep)
- Paul Lepper, Loughborough University, UK, Cumulative operational noise of large scale arrays of offshore wind farms
- Jakob Tougard, Aarhus University, Denmark, Underwater noise from a wave energy converter
- Ben Wilson, SAMS, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, A framework to predict, validate and review the acoustic footprint of operating tidal turbines
- Philippe Blondel, University of Bath, UK, Ambient noise in the Falmouth Bay Test area (FaBTest, UK) – Baseline measurements of shipping, environmental variability and wave-energy converters
- Kate Grellier, Natural Power Consultants, UK, Use of Population Viability Analysis to Assess the Potential for Long Term Impacts from Piling Noise on Marine Mammal Populations
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NOISE HABITAT |
Riverine and Coastal |
- Tomonari Akamatsu, National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan
- Satoko Kimura, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Aran Mooney, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, Cephalopods’ anti-predator responses to sound differ based upon sound level, frequency and prior experience
- Songhai Li, Marine Mammal and Marine Bioacoustics Laboratory, Sanya Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China, Mid- and high-frequency noises of small fast-speed boats in shallow water and their potential impacts on the Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins (Sousa chinensis)
- Bayram Öztürk, Faculty of Fisheries, Istanbul University and Turkish Marine Research Foundation, Ship-originated noise in narrow straits used for international navigation
- Chen Chifang, Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, Ocean Technology Research Center, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Underwater Soundscape along West Coast of Taiwan
- Tzu-hao Lin, Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan), Spatial and temporal variations of biological sound in a shallow marine environment
- Saho Kameyama, Kyoto University, Japan, Acoustic species identification and monitoring to assess the effect of marine development on marine mammals
- Satoko S. Kimura, Kyoto University, Japan, Passive acoustic monitoring of an isolated finless porpoises population in Ise- and Mikawa-Bay, Japan
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Polar |
- Philippe Blondel, University of Bath, UK
- Hanne Sagen, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway
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- Dag Tollefsen, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Box 115, 3191 Horten, Norway, Synoptic measurements of ambient noise in the Fram Strait Marginal Ice Zone
- Jaroslaw Tegowski, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Poland, Broadband ambient noise and ice-related processes in the Arctic – Multi-year studies of Hans Glacier, Svalbard
- Erin C. Pettit, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, Characteristics of Underwater Noise Sources at the Glacier Ice-Ocean Boundary: Subglacial Discharge and Seiches
- Hanne Sagen, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Bergen, Norway, Passive acoustics from moorings and drifting ice stations in the Fram Strait
- Peter Worcester, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, Ambient noise in the Arctic Ocean measured with a drifting vertical line array
- Bruce Martin, JASCO Applied Sciences, Halifax NS, Canada, Characteristics of air-gun array pulses and the ambient soundscape in Baffin Bay and Melville Bay, West Greenland
- Aaron Thodes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, Measurements of cumulative airgun survey activity in the Beaufort Sea during ice-free conditions, 2008-2012
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Soundscapes |
- Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State University, USA
- Kevin Heaney, OASIS, Inc., USA
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- Bruce Martin, JASCO Applied Sciences and Dalhousie University Department of Oceanography, Canada, Characterizing marine soundscapes using temporal patterns
- Kevin Heaney, OASIS, Inc., USA, Measurements and modelling of the spatial dependence of soundscapes
- Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State, USA, Linking changes in soundscape levels to sources through frequency correlation matrices
- Anthony Hawkins, Loughine Limited, UK, Ambient noise measurements at a sheltered coastal location
- Ana Širović, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, Soundscapes of the central Pacific
- Kathy Heise, Vancouver Aquarium and WWF Canada, Canada, Soundscapes on coast of British Columbia, Canada: an ocean of opportunity
- Daniel Mennitt, National Park Service, USA, A geospatial approach to exploring the soundscape of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Mapping & Modeling |
- Christine Erbe, Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
- Thomas Folegot, Quiet-Oceans, France
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- Nathan Merchant, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), UK, Fine-scale mapping of pile driving noise in the Cromarty Firth
- Florian Aulanier, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada, The PSSEL model for rapidly mapping the probability of shipping sound exposure level from traffic density
- Bas Binnerts, TNO, The Netherlands, SONIC: model generated sound maps and footprints of ships– Bruce Martin, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada, Comparison of measured and modeled air-gun array in Baffin Bay, West Greenland
- Christine Erbe, Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Mapping risk and opportunity areas for the management of ship noise in the habitats of 10 marine mammal species off western Canada
- Thomas Folegot, Quiet-Oceans, France, Mapping anthropogenic noise in European waters: examples from the AQUO and BIAS European projects
- Denise Risch, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS-UHI), UK, Variation in ambient noise levels and acoustic propagation across a tidal flow
- Guillermo Jiménez, Seiche Measurements Ltd, UK, Sound Source Verification & Marine Mammal Mitigation
- Luc Simon, RTSYS, France, From laboratory to novative in-situ calibration practices and systems for hydrophone loggers and digitization systems with focus on propagation in-situ measurement.
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NOISE EFFECTS |
Behaviour |
- Douglas Nowacek, Duke University Marine Laboratory, USA
- Patrick Miller, University of St Andrews, UK
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- Mathias Andersson, FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency, Behavioural reactions in cod to a Coast Guard ship in a deep fjord
- Wendy Dow-Piniak, Gettysburg College, USA,
Behavioural responses of sea turtles to marine anthropogenic sound: Current knowledge, data gaps, and future research directions
- Denise Risch, SAMS, Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK; Cumulative effects of multiple vessel classes on the communication space of baleen whales in different behavioral contexts
- Patrick Miller, University of St Andrews, UK, First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise
- Lise Doksæter Slive, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway, Effects of naval sonar on feeding in humpback whales
- Fleur Visser, Kelp Marine Research, Hoorn, the Netherlands & Behavioural Biology Group, Leiden University, The Netherlands Disturbance-specific social responses in long-finned pilot whales
- Mike Noad, Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory, The University of Queensland, Australia, Behavioural responses of migrating humpback whales to a small air gun and the importance of baseline data
- Douglas Nowacek, Nicholas School of the Environment & Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University Marine Laboratory, USA, Potential Mechanisms of Responses of Right Whales to Anthropogenic Sound
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Pathology |
- Michel André, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain
- Ursula Siebert, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
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- Marta Solé, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain, Controlled noise exposure experiments on jellyfishes
- Maria Morell, Zoology Department, University of British Columbia & Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain, Noise induced hearing loss evidence: case of a long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event
- Elisabeth Debusschere, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research & Ghent University Belgium, Pile driving is perceived as an acoustic stressor by juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
- Andreas Ruser, Institute of Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany, Underwater noise impact investigations on wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
- Dorian Houser, Department of Conservation and Biological Research, National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA, Susceptibility and potential pathology of temporary threshold shift in marine mammals
- Manuel Castellote, National Marine FIisheries Services. NOAA, USA, Beluga whale hearing in a rapidly changing Arctic environment
- Ursula Siebert, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany, Pathomorphological changes in the ears of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
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Sensitivity |
- Klaus Lucke, Curtin University, Australia
- Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
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- Tomonari Akamatsu, National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan, Underwater low frequency calibration for the quantitative measurement of ocean noise and auditory sensitivities
- Michel André, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain, Sound Pressure and particule motion effects on open-sea noise-exposed cuttlefishes
- Arthur N. Popper, University of Maryland, USA, Injury response in the hybrid striped bass as a function of number of pile driving strike exposures
- Tony Hawkins, Loughine Marine Research, UK, Responses of wild pelagic fishes to impulsive sounds
- Craig Radford, Leigh Marine Laboratory University of Auckland, New Zealand, Bigeyes or bigears: first evidence of a fish using a contact call
- Amanda L. Stansbury, University of St. Andrews, UK, Predators use anthropogenic signals from acoustic tags to locate prey
- Marc Lammers, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology & Oceanwide Science Institute, USA, Investigating the response of coastal dolphins to mine exercise (MINEX) training activities
- Brian Branstetter, National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA, Individual differences in behavioral hearing sensitivity of killer whales (Orcinus orca)
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NOISE SOLUTIONS |
Mitigation |
- John Young, CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., USA
- Jukka Pajala, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland
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- Michael Bellman, ITAP, Germany, Noise Mitigation in Pile driving operations
- Mark Wochner, AdBm Technologies, Australia, Underwater Noise Mitigation Using Customizable Arrays of Acoustic Resonators
- Tuomas Sipilä, Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland, Propeller cavitation reduction studies with CFD
- Michael Jasny, Natural Resources Defense Council, USA, Using opportunistic data to refine underwater noise output standards for commercial ships
- Ludwig Houégnigan, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain, Localization of cetaceans and anthropogenic sources: a didactic pattern recognition framework using neural networks
- Jean-Marc Mougenot, TOTAL, France, The Marine Vibrator Joint Industry Project: An Update
- Doug Cato, Defence Science and Technology Organisation & University of Sydney, Australia, Analysis of the effectiveness of ramp-up design in mitigation measure
- David Hedgeland, BP, UK, Alternative Seismic Source
- Jack Belcher, HBW Resources Inc., USA, Utilizing Non-Technical Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies to identify, assess and mitigate against risks associated with marine sound
- Maja Nimak-Wood, Gardline Environmental Limited, UK, The same problem- different approach
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Regulation |
- René Dekeling, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands
- Leila Hatch, NOAA, USA
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- Karen Trevino, US National Park Service, USA, Managing terrestrial soundscapes and lessons for sensitive or protected marine places
- Christ de Jong, TNO, Sonar and acoustics, The Netherlands, Application of the Interim PCoD model in a Dutch assessment of the cumulative impact of pile driving sound associated with North Sea wind farm development
- Aylin Erkman, Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands, International harmonization of approaches to define underwater noise exposure criteria
- Yvonne Mather, Underwater Group, dstl Naval Systems, UK. The contribution of the UK Navy to the monitoring process needed for the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- John V. Young, CSA Ocean Science, USA, Considerations for Future Ocean Noise Management
- Leila Hatch, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, NOS-NOAA, USA, The NOAA Ocean Noise Strategy
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