title: Mapping Underwater Sound in the Dutch Part of the North Sea.
abstract: The European Union requires member states to achieve or maintain good environmental status for their marine territorial waters and explicitly mentions potentially adverse effects of underwater sound. In this study, we focused on producing maps of underwater sound from various natural and anthropogenic origins in the Dutch North Sea. The source properties and sound propagation are simulated by mathematical methods. These maps could be used to assess and predict large-scale effects on behavior and distribution of underwater marine life and therefore become a valuable tool in assessing and managing the impact of underwater sound on marine life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, RA, 2300, The Netherlands. osertlek@gmail.com.
authors.forename: H Özkan
authors.initials: HÖ
authors.lastname: Sertlek
authors.affiliation: Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), Wageningen UR, AD Den Burg, 1790, The Netherlands. geert.aarts@wur.nl.
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aarts
authors.affiliation: Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), Wageningen UR, AD Den Burg, 1790, The Netherlands. sophie.brasseur@wur.nl.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brasseur
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, RA, 2300, The Netherlands. h.w.slabbekoorn@biology.leidenuniv.nl.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Slabbekoorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, RA, 2300, The Netherlands. c.j.ten.cate@biology.leidenuniv.nl.
authors.forename: Carel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: ten Cate
authors.affiliation: Acoustics and Sonar Group, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, JG, 2509, The Netherlands. sander.vonbendabeckmann@tno.nl.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: von Benda-Beckmann
authors.affiliation: Acoustics and Sonar Group, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, JG, 2509, The Netherlands. michael.ainslie@tno.nl.|Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. michael.ainslie@tno.nl.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ainslie
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D009426:Netherlands; D009659:North Sea; D011312:Pressure; D012623:Seawater; D012767:Ships; D013016:Sound
keywords: Good environmental status; Shipping noise