ESRF Study | Acoustic Monitoring Along Canada’s East Coast: August 2015 to July 2017
June 2018 — Atlantic Canada
An Environmental Studies Research Fund project
This 2-year acoustic measurement study involved 20 recorders, spanning nearly 15° of latitude along the Atlantic coast, and included both areas of potential oil and gas development and less-sampled areas important to marine mammals. The underwater soundscape and its biological (marine mammal), anthropogenic (seismic surveys, oil and gas production activities and shipping), and environmental contributors were quantified. Part of ESRF Project 2014-02S, providing new results to inform future environmental assessments of human activities on Canada’s East Coast.
