Purpose of Meeting

The goal of the meeting is to document what could be learned by focusing the ocean observing assets of the world on observing marine organisms for a single day, particularly what could be learned from quieting the ocean for a period of a few hours to one day.

Agenda

Logistics

Background Documents

• Andrew, R.K., B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, and M.A. Dzieciuch. 2002. Ocean ambient sound: Comparing the 1960s with the 1990s for a receiver off the California coast. Acoustics Research Letters Online 3:65-70.

• Boyd, I. et al. 2008. The effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals: A draft research strategy. Position Paper 13, Marine Board, European Science Foundation.

• Brewer, P.G., and K. Hester. 2009. Ocean acidification and the increasing transparency of the ocean to low-frequency sound. Oceanography 22:86-93.

• Dushaw, B. et al. 2009. A Global Ocean Acoustic Observing Network. Community White Paper from OceanObs'09.

• Frisk, G.V. 2007. Noiseonomics: the relationship between ambient noise levels and global economic trends. (Abstract)

• Jasny, M., J. Reynolds, C. Horowitz, and A. Wetzner. 2005. Sounding the Depths II: The Rising Toll of Sonar, Shipping and Industrial Ocean Noise on Marine Life, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, N.Y.

• Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science & Technology (JSOST). 2009. Addressing the Effects of Human-Generated Sound on Marine Life: An Integrated Research Plan for U.S. Federal Agencies.

• Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2009. Theme section on Acoustics in Marine Ecology.

  • No barrier at the boundaries: implementing regional frameworks for noise management in protected natural areas

  • Studying the behaviour and sensory ecology of marine mammals using acoustic recording tags: a review

  • Anthropogenic and natural sources of ambient noise in the ocean

• McCarthy, E. 2004. International Regulation of Underwater Sound: Establishing Rules and Standards to Address Ocean Noise Pollution. Springer, Secaucus, N.J.

• National Research Council. 2003. Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.

• National Research Council. 2005. Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise: Determining When Noise Causes Biologically Significant Effects. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.

• Renilson Marine Consulting Pty. Ltd. 2009. Reducing Underwater Noise Pollution from Large Commercial Vessels

• Tyack, P. 2009. Human-generated sound and marine mammals. Physics Today November 2009, p. 39-44.

• U.S. Delegation to the International Maritime Organization. 2008. Proposal for a work program on minimizing ship noise to reduce potential adverse impacts on marine life.

Sponsor

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Contact

Please contact Ed Urban (Ed.Urban@scor-int.org) for additional information.