Science

– Jennifer Mikis-Olds, University of New Hampshire, USA

– Michael Ainslie, TNO, The Netherlands, Metrics for monitoring underwater sound: an EU perspective

– Bob Gisiner, International Association of Geophysical Contractors, USA, Metrics and Standards for Geophysical Surveys

– Michael Stocker, Ocean Conservation Research, USA, Metrics, Relativism, and the Precautionary Principle

– Dorian Houser, National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA, Standardization of AEP threshold measurements in toothed whales and why it is needed

– Jennifer Mikis-Olds, University of New Hampshire, USA, Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON): An Integrated System

– Mark Prior, TNO, The Netherlands

– Manuel Castellote, NOAA, USA, Contributors to the Arctic soundscape: describing the puzzle pieces

– Charlotte Findlay, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), UK, Large-scale underwater noise pollution from Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on the west coast of Scotland

– Meng-Fan Tsai, Oceansound CO., LTD, Taiwan, Underwater Soundscape at offshore wind farm sites in Taiwan

– Michael Ainslie, TNO, The Netherlands, Metrics for risk assessment: terminology, data processing and reporting

– Nathan D. Merchant, CEFAS, UK, Trend detection in ambient noise levels and implications for environmental indicators

– Leila Hatch, NOAA, USA

– Charlotte Findlay, Joint Natue Conservation Committee (JNCC), UK, The spatial and temporal distribution of impulsive underwater noise for UK seas – an initial assessment

– Manuel Castellote, NOAA, USA, Noise Registry suitability for regulation and management purposes

– Mathias Andersson, FOI, Sweden, BIAS: the Soundscape Planning Tool and options for interpretation of the data 

– Roberto Racca, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada, Assessing Lost Listening Area in the US Arctic and Gulf of Mexico: practices and considerations for interpretation

– Michael Jasny, National Research Defence Council, USA, Novel approaches to noise management and regulation: The need for new tools

– Kevin Heany, OASIS Inc., USA

– Kevin Heany, OASIS Inc., USA, High fidelity soundscape modeling of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

– Florian Aulanier, UQAR-Ismer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada, Probabilistic modelling and mapping of shipping noise in large-scale Canadian ecosystems

– Anthony Eller, OASIS, Inc., USA, Selecting Statistics from Ocean Noise Data for Archiving and Mapping

– Thomas Folégot, Quiet-Oceans, France, On the exploitation of noise maps at a regional scale: a testimony of the BIAS project

– Basile Kinda, SHOM, France, Influences of ambient noise model uncertainties on the definition of good environmental status

– Christ de Jong, TNO, the Netherlands

– Guillermo Jiménez, Seiche LTD, Review of Sounds Produced by Pile-Driving Activities (JIP)

– Alex MacGillivray, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada, Underwater noise from pile driving of conductor casing at an offshore oil platform

– Christ de Jong, TNO, The Netherlands, Marine pile driving noise beyond 20 km: data and predictions

– Dick Hazelwood, R&V Hazelwood Associates LLP, UK, The effects of water motion induced by the passing of ground roll vibrations in the seabed

– Mathias Andersson, FOI, Sweden, Particle motion and sound pressure measurements from a 90 cubic inch air gun during a fish behaviour experiment in a Norwegian fjord

– Mike Jenkersen, Exxon-Mobil, USA

– Bill Pramik (represented by Mike Jenkersen), Geokinetics, USA, Recent Gulf of Mexico Data Acquisition Project and Results

– Kirsty Speirs (represented by Mike Jenkersen), IOGP E&P Sound & Marine Life JIP, Environmental Impact Assessment of Marine Vibrator Technology

– Guillermo Jiménez, Seiche LTD, Review of Sounds Produced by Hi-Res/Engineering Sources (JIP)

– Bruce Martin, JASCO Applied Sciences, Characteristics of seismic pulses and the ambient soundscape in Baffin Bay and Melville Bay, West Greenland, measured during the 2012 – 2014 Shell seismic programs

– Stephen Simpson, University of Exeter, UK, Novel approaches for managing biological impacts of seismic sound

– Chi-Fang Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

– Chi-Fang Chen, National University of Taiwan, Taiwan, Study of Anthropogenic Underwater Noise Impact in the offshore region of Western Taiwan

–Lien-Siang Chou, National University of Taiwan, Taiwan, Progress of environmental impact assessment of offshore wind farms in Taiwan– from an aspect of a critically endangered dolphin population

– Michel André, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Contributing to the understanding of the Pink Dolphin biological activity through the monitoring of its sounds in the Mamirauá Reserve (Amazonas, Brazil)

– Songhai Li (represented by Tomonari Akamatsu), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Shipping noises in a key habitat of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis)

– Tomonari Akamatsu, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan, Reactions of singing behavior of humpback whales to ship noise off Ogasawara island, Tokyo

– Hanne Sagen, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway

– Nathalie Roy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada, Analysis of year-round natural ambient noise in Hudson Bay, Canada

– Basile Kinda, SHOM, France, Decadal change in under-ice ambient noise in the Eastern Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic,

– Bruce Martin, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada, Spatio-temporal correlation of under-ice noise in the Chukchi Sea 2012-2013

– Torill Hamre, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway, Integration of Acoustic Data in the H2020 INTAROS Project

– Jennifer Miksis-Olds, University of New Hampshire, USA Tracking Changes in the Bering Sea through Ocean Sound

– Christ de Jong, TNO, The Netherlands

– Orla Robinson, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Canada, ECHO Program progress: vessel noise reduction incentives and implementation of a vessel noise measurement and ranking system

– Martin Gassmann, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, Directionality of underwater radiated noise from contemporary merchant ships

– Yvan Simard, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada, Source levels of merchant ships along seaways and the 3D mapping of masking risk of blue and fin whales calls

– Tjakko Keizer, Damen Shipyards, The Netherlands, Effect of pitch and rotational speed on underwater sound produced by a controllable pitch propeller

– Alfonso Moreno Rodríguez, TSI, Spain, The Use of Numerical Prediction Tools Inside The “TSI-Noise And Vibration Comprehensive Management” Methodology to Build “Silent Ships”

– Paul Wensveen, University of Iceland, Iceland

– Heikki Peltonen, Finnish Environment Institute, MRC, Finland, Behavioural responses of brackish water fish on underwater noise – novel experimental approaches

– Paul Wensveen, University of Iceland, Iceland Northern bottlenose whales in a pristine habitat far from naval ranges behaviourally respond to close and distant sonar sources

– Saana Isojunno, University of St Andrews, UK, Activity budgets in long-finned pilot whales: individual, social and environmental context of behavioral responses to naval sonar

– Rebecca Dunlop, University of Queensland, Australia, The response of migrating humpback whales to the acoustic field from a full commercial seismic air gun array

– Nathan Merchant, CEFAS, UK, Behavioural responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbour construction

– Mike Noad, University of Queensland, Australia

– Jayson Semmens, University of Tasmania, Australia, Are seismic surveys putting bivalve and spiny lobster fisheries at risk?

– Tormey Reimer, The University of Melbourne, USA, Vaterite otoliths and hearing loss in farmed fish

– Rune Roland Hansen, University of Oslo, Norway, Playback of seismic airgun signals and infrasound elicit evasive swimming responses in The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

– Michele Halvorsen, CSA Oceans Sciences, USA, Barotrauma injury onset relative to number of impulses and sound exposure level

– Jolie Harrison, NOAA, USA, Developing and Implementing National Acoustic Guidance: Processes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

– Paul Wensveen, University of Iceland, Iceland, Underwater equal-latency contours and auditory weighting functions for a harbor porpoise for frequencies of 0.5 to 125 kHz

– Frans-Peter Lam, TNO, The Netherlands, Temporary hearing threshold shifts in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) after exposure to sequences of airgun sounds

– Dorian Houser, National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA, Characterizing stress responses in small odontocetes

– Michael Ainslie, TNO, The Netherlands

– Chi-Fang Chen, National University of Taiwan, Taiwan Pile Driving Noise Measurement of the First Offshore Wind Turbine in Taiwan

– Federica Pace, Baker Consultants Marine Ltd., UK, Offshore wind parks foundation installation – it is not just about piling. Experience from the Wikinger OWF and OSS monitoring campaign

– Maja Nimak-Wood, Gardline Environmental, UK, The evolution of mitigation technology for the East Coast USA offshore renewable sector

– Alain Norro, RBINS-ODNature, Belgium, Characterisation of the underwater sound emitted during operation of two wind farms located on the Belgian part of the North Sea

– Jukka Pajala, Finnish environment Institute, Finland

– Toni Meriläinen, Luode Consulting Oy, Finland, Marine construction work: Mitigation tools and techniques e.g. seasonal behavior of seals/fishes

– Mark S. Wochner, AdBm Technologies, USA, Noise Reduction of Unexploded Ordinance Detonations using Tunable Acoustic Resonators

– Max Schuster, DW-ShipConsult GmbH, Germany, Long-term measurements in NATURA2000 area with source detection algorithms

– Maja Nimak-Wood, Gardline Environmental, UK, From Mitigation to Science – the Value of Marine Mammal Observers’ data

– Paul Holthus, Ocean World Council, USA, Creating a Global Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Ongoing Efforts to Understand and Address Marine Sound