TY - RPRT
TI - SOWFIA Noise Monitoring for Wave Energy Developments Brochure
AU - SOWFIA
AB - The ocean is not a ‘silent world’, particularly nearcoastlines. Wave breaking, seismic events and marineinhabitants all contribute to background noise.In recent years, sounds from human activities suchas shipping, seismic surveys and seabed drilling haveincreased the ambient level in certain areas. It is likelythat the deployment of Wave Energy Converters (WECs)will introduce new sources of noise into this already‘noisy’ underwater environment. Due to ocean marineinhabitants’ dependence on sound, it is important thatpotential noise impacts from the construction andoperation of wave energy farms are better understood.Consequently, and also as a result of EU and nationallegislation, comprehensive environmental assessmentsexamining potential impacts associated with WECsshould include an assessment of potential underwaternoise impacts.
DA - 2013/08//
PY - 2013
SP - 2
PB - Plymouth University
UR - https://marendata.eu/sowfia
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Wave
KW - Noise
ER -