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dc.contributor.authorDebusschere, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorDe Coensel, Bert
dc.contributor.authorBajek, Aline
dc.contributor.authorBotteldooren, Dick
dc.contributor.authorHostens, Kris
dc.contributor.authorVanaverbeke, Jan
dc.contributor.authorVandendriessche, Sofie
dc.contributor.authorVan Ginderdeuren, Karl
dc.contributor.authorVincx, Magda
dc.contributor.authorDegraer, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-14T06:35:36Z
dc.date.available2021-01-14T06:35:36Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0109280
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/401087
dc.description.abstractImpact assessments of offshore wind farm installations and operations on the marine fauna are performed in many countries. Yet, only limited quantitative data on the physiological impact of impulsive sounds on (juvenile) fishes during pile driving of offshore wind farm foundations are available. Our current knowledge on fish injury and mortality due to pile driving is mainly based on laboratory experiments, in which high-intensity pile driving sounds are generated inside acoustic chambers. To validate these lab results, an in situ field experiment was carried out on board of a pile driving vessel. Juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) of 68 and 115 days post hatching were exposed to pile-driving sounds as close as 45 m from the actual pile driving activity. Fish were exposed to strikes with a sound exposure level between 181 and 188 dB re 1 μPa2.s. The number of strikes ranged from 1739 to 3067, resulting in a cumulative sound exposure level between 215 and 222 dB re 1 μPa2.s. Control treatments consisted of fish not exposed to pile driving sounds. No differences in immediate mortality were found between exposed and control fish groups. Also no differences were noted in the delayed mortality up to 14 days after exposure between both groups. Our in situ experiments largely confirm the mortality results of the lab experiments found in other studies.
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library Science
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome109280
dc.relation.ispartofissue10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPLoS One
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMultidisciplinary Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology - Other Topicsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPRESSUREen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNOISEen_US
dc.titleIn Situ Mortality Experiments with Juvenile Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Relation to Impulsive Sound Levels Caused by Pile Driving of Windmill Foundations
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDebusschere, E; De Coensel, B; Bajek, A; Botteldooren, D; Hostens, K; Vanaverbeke, J; Vandendriessche, S; Van Ginderdeuren, K; Vincx, M; Degraer, S, In Situ Mortality Experiments with Juvenile Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Relation to Impulsive Sound Levels Caused by Pile Driving of Windmill Foundations, PLoS One, 2014, 9 (10), pp. e109280
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-08-30
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.date.updated2021-01-14T06:33:56Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2014 Debusschere et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
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