title: Methods for Predicting Potential Impacts of Pile-Driving Noise on Endangered Sturgeon During Bridge Construction.
abstract: The potential impacts of pile-driving noise on Hudson River sturgeon during construction of the New NY Bridge were predicted. Abundance data for shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon derived from fisheries sampling were combined with data about the spatial extent of pile-driving noise. This approach was used to calculate the number of sturgeon that could occur within sound level isopleths exceeding peak and cumulative noise criteria used by the National Marine Fisheries Service to determine the incidental take of sturgeon. The number of sturgeon subject to the potential onset of physiological effects during pile driving was predicted to be 35-41 fish for each species.
authors.affiliation: AKRF, Inc., 7250 Parkway Drive, Suite 210, Hanover, MD, 21076, USA. jkrebs@akrf.com.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.affiliation: AKRF, Inc., 7250 Parkway Drive, Suite 210, Hanover, MD, 21076, USA. fjacobs@akrf.com.
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: AKRF, Inc., New York, NY, 10016, USA. rconway@akrf.com.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. apopper@umd.edu.
authors.forename: Arthur N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Popper
authors.affiliation: AECOM, Chestnut Ridge, NY, 10977, USA. mark.moese@aecom.com.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moese
authors.affiliation: AECOM, New York, NY, 10005, USA. john.rollino@aecom.com.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rollino
authors.affiliation: JASCO Applied Sciences Ltd., Victoria, BC, V8Z 7X8, Canada. Roberto.Racca@jasco.com.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Racca
authors.affiliation: JASCO Applied Sciences Ltd., Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1Z1, Canada. Bruce.Martin@jasco.com.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: JASCO Applied Sciences Ltd., Victoria, BC, V8Z 7X8, Canada. Alex.MacGillivray@jasco.com.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: MacGillivray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060389:Construction Industry; D056727:Endangered Species; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D009622:Noise
keywords: Barotrauma; Hudson River; Hydroacoustics; Tappan Zee Bridge