O'Brien Joanne M, Beck Suzanne, Berrow Simon D, André Michel, van der Schaar Mike, O'Connor Ian, McKeown Eugene P
Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland.
Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation (SDWF), Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016;875:775-83. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_95.
The Shannon Estuary on the west coast of Ireland is one of Europe's premier deepwater berths catering for ships up to 200,000 deadweight tonnage. It is also Ireland's only designated candidate special area of conservation for bottlenose dolphins under the EU Habitats Directive. Long-term static acoustic monitoring was carried out at a number of intensive shipping sites. In 2012, noise monitoring took place over a 6-month period (at 1 site) as part of Ireland's requirements under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This is the first assessment of the potential effect of vessel traffic on the behavior of this discrete dolphin population.
爱尔兰西海岸的香农河口是欧洲主要的深水泊位之一,可容纳载重吨达20万吨的船舶。它也是爱尔兰唯一根据欧盟《栖息地指令》指定的宽吻海豚特别保护区候选地。在一些船舶密集的地点进行了长期的静态声学监测。2012年,作为爱尔兰根据《海洋战略框架指令》(MSFD)要求的一部分,在一个地点进行了为期6个月的噪声监测。这是对船舶交通对这一离散海豚种群行为潜在影响的首次评估。