Organised by the Institute of Acoustics, UK

Underwater Noise Measurement, Impact and Mitigation

14^th- 15^th October 2008
Novotel Hotel, Southampton, UK

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This final programme in now available here, all abstracts that will be presented are now available for you to browse through here. The conference registration form is available on the registration page.

The Institute of Acoustics is holding a conference on underwater noise, its measurement, impacts and mitigation. The meeting is organized by the Underwater Acoustics Group of the IOA. The marine environment is subject to both natural, ambient noise and man-made noise from sources such as shipping, offshore oil and gas platforms, renewable energy generators, seismic surveys, piling, sonar, fisheries and marine aggregate extraction. Environmental impact assessments for all of these activities require an understanding of the radiated noise from the activity and the background ambient noise, together with the means to assess the impact of the anthropogenic noise on receptors in the marine environment and instigate appropriate mitigation measures.

This conference is intended to address all of the issues from the methods used to characterize the ambient and radiated noise fields quantitatively, through to the means for assessing the impacts of noise on marine fauna and steps required for mitigation. The range of topics will therefore include:

• Underwater noise measurement techniques
• Noise modelling
• Noise generation and coupling mechanisms
• Propagation of underwater noise
• Impact assessment methodologies
• Hearing in marine species
• Behavioural impacts
• Physiological impacts
• Impacts on other acoustic users
• Mitigation methods
• Mitigation technologies

The intended target audience for the event is:

• Sonar developers / operators
• Seismic survey industry
• Marine construction industry
• Marine renewables industry
• Offshore industry
• Underwater research community
• Environmental researchers / consultants
• Marine biologists

If you wish to submit an abstract or join the email alert list for up to date announcements then please register for an account on the website using the pre-registration page.