Journal Articles
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Farcas, A., Thompson, P.M., Merchant, N.D. (2016). Underwater noise modelling for environmental impact assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 57, 114–122.
Williams, R., Wright, A.J., Ashe, E., Blight, L.K., Bruintjes, R., Canessa, R., Clark, C.W., Cullis-Suzuki, S., Dakin, D.T., Erbe, C., Hammond, P.S., Merchant, N.D., O’Hara, P.D., Purser, J., Radford, A.N., Simpson, S.D., Thomas, L., Wale, M.A. (2015). Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management. Ocean & Coastal Management 115, 17–24.
Merchant, N.D., Fristrup, K.M., Johnson, M.P., Tyack, P.L., Witt, M.J., Blondel, P., Parks, S.E. (2015). Measuring acoustic habitats. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6, 257-265.
Pirotta, E., Merchant, N.D., Thompson, P.M., Barton, T.R., Lusseau, D. (2015) Quantifying the effect of boat disturbance on bottlenose dolphin foraging activity. Biological Conservation 181, 82–89.
Merchant, N.D., Pirotta, E., Barton, T.R., Thompson, P.M. (2014). Monitoring ship noise to assess the impact of coastal developments on marine mammals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 78 (1–2), 85–95.
Thompson, P.M., Brookes, K.L., Graham, I.M., Barton, T.R., Needham, K., Bradbury, G., Merchant, N.D. (2013). Short-term disturbance by a commercial two-dimensional seismic survey does not lead to long-term displacement of harbour porpoises. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1771), 20132001.
Merchant, N.D., Barton, T.R., Thompson, P.M., Pirotta, E., Dakin, D.T., Dorocicz, J. (2013). Spectral probability density as a tool for ambient noise analysis. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133 (4), EL262–EL267.
Merchant, N.D., Blondel, P., Dakin, D.T., Dorocicz, J. (2012). Averaging underwater noise levels for environmental assessment of shipping. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 132 (4), EL343–EL349.
Merchant, N.D., Witt, M.J., Blondel, P., Godley, B.J., Smith, G.H. (2012). Assessing sound exposure from shipping in coastal waters using a single hydrophone and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64 (7), 1320–1329.
Reports
Cefas (2015) Impacts of noise and use of propagation models to predict the recipient side of noise. Report prepared under contract ENV.D.2/FRA/2012/0025 for the European Commission. Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, UK.
Conference Papers
Merchant, N.D., Dakin, D.T., Dorocicz, J., O’Hara, P.D., Dewey, R.K. (2014). Noise exposure from shipping in the Strait of Georgia. Presented at the symposium: “Impacts of ship noise on marine life: new discoveries in research”, 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress, 14-18 August 2014, Glasgow, Scotland.
Blair, H.B., Parks, S.E., Cusano, D.A., Merchant, N.D., Friedlaender, A.S., Weinrich, M.T., Wiley, D.N. (2014). Effects of anthropogenic noise on North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) nighttime foraging behavior. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, 9-14 August 2014, Princeton, NJ.
Parks, S.E., Blair, H.B., Merchant, N.D., Fristrup, K.M., Varshney, P.K. (2014). Long-term acoustic monitoring to assess anthropogenic impacts on acoustic behavioral ecology. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, 9-14 August 2014, Princeton, NJ.
Merchant, N.D., Parks, S.E., Rice, A.N. (2014). Acoustic diversity indices in marine ecosystems: long-term patterns, spatial considerations, and abiotic influence. Ecology and acoustics: emergent properties from community to landscape, 16-18 June 2014, Paris, France.
Merchant, N.D., Parks, S.E., Van Parijs, S.M., Wiley, D.N., Thompson, M.A., Friedlaender, A.S. (2014). Soundscapes and vocal behavior of humpback whales in Massachusetts Bay. 167th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 5-9 May 2014, Providence, RI.
Pirotta, E., Merchant, N.D., Thompson, P.M., Barton, T.R., Lusseau, D. (2014). Assessing the effect of boat traffic on bottlenose dolphin foraging activity using passive acoustic techniques. 28th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 5-9 April 2014, Liège, Belgium.
Merchant, N.D., Dakin, D.T., Dorocicz, J., Blondel, P. (2013). Remote performance assessment of cabled observatory hydrophone systems. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134 (5), 3973 (presented by D.T. Dakin at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2-6 December 2013, San Francisco, CA).
Merchant, N.D., Pirotta, E., Barton, T.R., Thompson, P.M. (2013). Soundscape and noise exposure monitoring in a marine protected area using shipping data and time-lapse footage. 3rd International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 11-16 August 2013, Budapest, Hungary.
Merchant, N.D., Barton, T.R., Thompson, P.M., Pirotta, E., Dakin, D.T., Dorocicz, J. (2013). Spectral probability density as a tool for marine ambient noise analysis. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133 (5), 3494 (presented at International Congress on Acoustics, 2-7 June 2013, Montreal, Canada).
Merchant, N.D., Witt, M.J., Blondel, P., Godley, B.J., Smith, G.H. (2012). Long-term monitoring of sound exposure from shipping in coastal waters. Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA), 2-6 July 2012, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Merchant, N.D., Witt, M.J., Blondel, P., Godley, B.J., Smith, G.H. (2011). Ambient noise in the western English Channel: Temporal variability due to shipping and biological sources. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics 33 (5), 27-29 (presented at Ambient noise in north-European seas: Monitoring, impact and management, 3-5 October 2011, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK).
Merchant, N.D., Blondel, P., Wladichuk, J.L., Megill, W.M. (2011). Acoustic interaction of humpback whales and recreational fishing vessels in a temperate fjord: Measurements in Rivers’ Inlet, British Columbia. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies and Results, 20-24 June 2011, Kos, Greece.