Abstract
The purpose of this research was to assess the anthropic underwater noise caused by ships within the Cetacean Sanctuary, a wide area in the North Tyrrhenian Sea. Noise from low-frequency continuous sounds has been investigated within the 1/3-octave bands centered at 63 and 125 Hz. All the information about noise sources and sound attenuation have been organized in a database; a tool automatically extracts useful information from it and feeds a ray-tracing model to estimate noise levels. The results show average levels generally over the 100 dB re 1 μPa value.
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Special thanks to Silvano Buogo, Lucilla di Marcoberardino, Alessandra Tesei, and Gianni Pavan for their suggestions and help.
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Rossi, E., Licitra, G., Iacoponi, A., Taburni, D. (2016). Assessing the Underwater Ship Noise Levels in the North Tyrrhenian Sea. In: Popper, A., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 875. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_116
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