title: Expert Elicitation Methods in Quantifying the Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance from Offshore Renewable Energy Developments.
abstract: There are many developments for offshore renewable energy around the United Kingdom whose installation typically produces large amounts of far-reaching noise, potentially disturbing many marine mammals. The potential to affect the favorable conservation status of many species means extensive environmental impact assessment requirements for the licensing of such installation activities. Quantification of such complex risk problems is difficult and much of the key information is not readily available. Expert elicitation methods can be employed in such pressing cases. We describe the methodology used in an expert elicitation study conducted in the United Kingdom for combining expert opinions based on statistical distributions and copula-like methods.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM), The Observatory, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LZ, UK. crd2@st-andrews.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM), The Observatory, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LZ, UK. jh17@st-andrews.ac.uk.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harwood
authors.affiliation: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Marine, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LZ, UK. slk@smru.co.uk.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Marine, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LZ, UK. cgb@smru.co.uk.
authors.forename: Cormac
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.affiliation: DMP Statistical Solutions UK Ltd., St. Andrews, KY1 68 NT, UK. bruno@dmpstats.com.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caneco
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. cameron.walker@auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D059205:Renewable Energy
keywords: Expert elicitation; Noise; Renewable energy