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2 6/6/07 1 Sources of Anthropogenic Sound in the Ocean John Hildebrand Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California San Diego Capital Hill Oceans Week June 6, 2007

3 6/6/07 Anthropogenic Noise Sources

4 6/6/07 World Shipping Lanes

5 6/6/07 Container Ship Sound ---------- Frequency (KHz) 0 1 Time (seconds) 010

6 6/6/07 San Nicolas SOSUS Array – 1964 (Blue), 2004 (Red) Shipping noise has increased ~3 dB/decade Long Term Trends in Ship Noise

7 6/6/07 Puget Sound Vessel - Olympas Yacht with 49 passengers and 3 Engines Whale Watch Vessel Noise

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9 Low Frequency Active Navy Sonar --------------- Time (seconds) 015 Frequency (Hz) 150 250

10 6/6/07 LFA Sound Sources

11 6/6/07 Navy ASW Mid-Frequency Sonar Time (seconds) 03 Frequency (Hz) 2000 3500

12 6/6/07 Global Offshore Seismic Exploration

13 6/6/07 Airguns and Echosounders --------------- Time (seconds) 015 Frequency (KHz) 0 15

14 6/6/07 (Nieukerk et al. 2004) Hydrophones (stars) in the central North Atlantic record airguns (red dots) nearly continuously in the summer months. Airgun Noise in North Atlantic

15 6/6/07 Monthly Average Airgun Usage 30 20 10 0 AFRICA CANADA CHINA FORMER USSR EUROPE FAR EAST LATIN AMERICA MIDDLE EAST US 1994 - 2005 Monthly Average Crew-Counts

16 6/6/07 FREQUENCY SOURCE LEVEL re: uPa@1m Anthropogenic Sound Source Levels

17 6/6/07 FREQUENCY TOTAL ENERGY (Joules) Annual Anthropogenic Sound Energy

18 6/6/07 Research Needs for Anthropogenic Noise Characterize Noise Source Output Determine Locations of Sources Model Propagation from Source Area Assess Long-Term Trends in Noise Characterize Overlap of Animals and Received Sound Levels Understand Impacts of Noise on Marine Animals


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