Megan F. McKenna

TL;DR: A systematic and standardised review of the scientific literature published from 1990 to 2013 on the effects of anthropogenic noise on wildlife, including both terrestrial and aquatic studies shows that terrestrial wildlife responses begin at noise levels of approximately 40’dBA, and 20% of papers documented impacts below 50 dBA.

TL;DR: Underwater radiated noise measurements for seven types of modern commercial ships during normal operating conditions are presented, emphasizing the importance of including modern ship-types in quantifying shipping noise for predictive models of global, regional, and local marine environments.

TL;DR: Noise pollution in protected areas is closely linked with transportation, development, and extractive land use, providing insight into where mitigation efforts can be most effective, and indicates that noise pollution in Protected Areas with more stringent regulations had less anthropogenic noise.

TL;DR: A class of multisensor, suction-cup-attached archival tags has revolutionized the study of large baleen whales, particularly with respect to the predatory strategies used by these gigantic bulk filter feeders to exploit abundant oceanic resources.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that mid-frequency sound can significantly affect blue whale behaviour, especially during deep feeding modes, and sonar-induced disruption of feeding and displacement from high-quality prey patches could have significant and previously undocumented impacts on baleen whale foraging ecology, individual fitness and population health.