Proximate measurements of acoustic emissions associated with the installation and operation of an exploration jack-up drilling-rig in the North Sea (PDF)
Todd, VLG., Williamson, LD, & Jiang, J., Cox, S.E., Todd, I.B., & Ruffert, M The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 148, 3971-3979 (2020)DOI: 10.1121/10.0002958 Little is known about localized, near-field soundscapes during offshore hydrocarbon drilling campaigns. In the Dogger Bank, North Sea, underwater noise recordings were made 41–60 m from the drill stem of the Noble Kolskaya jack-up exploration drilling […]
Underwater visual records of marine megafauna around offshore anthropogenic structures (PDF)
Todd, V.L.G., Lazar, L., Williamson, L.D., Peters, I., Cox, S.E., Todd, I.B. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 230 (2020)DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00230 In oceans and seas worldwide, an increasing number of end-of-life anthropogenic offshore structures (e.g., platforms, pipelines, manifolds, windfarms, etc.) are facing full or partial removal. As part of the decommissioning process, studies on potential importance of subsea infrastructure to marine megafauna […]
Enhancing the global scientific value of industry remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) (PDF)
McLean, DL., Gates, AR., Benfield, MC., Bond, T., Booth, D., Bunce, M., Fowler, AM., Harvey, ES., Macreadie, PI., Rouse, S., Parsons, MJG., Partridge, JC., Pattiaratchi, C., Thomson, PG., Todd, VLGT., and Jones, DOB Frontiers in Marine Science. 7, 220 (2020)DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00220 Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are used extensively by the offshore oil and gas and renewables industries […]
Editorial: Seafloor Heterogeneity: Artificial Structures and Marine Ecosystem Dynamics (PDF)
Fujii, T., Pondella, D.J., Todd, V.L.G. & Guerin, A.J. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 378 (2020)DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00378 Editorial on the Research TopicSeafloor Heterogeneity: Artificial Structures and Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Some of the most productives and biodiverse communities occur on “reefs” (Birkeland, 2015). Many species benefit from physical presence of habitat-forming reefs which provide complex three-dimensional hard substrates and […]
Presentation of binning-based inter-click interval data from passive acoustic monitoring of free-ranging harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) (PDF)
Ruffert, M, Todd, VLG. & Todd, IB. The International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration. 25, 209–218 (2020)DOI:10.20855/ijav.2020.25.21583 C-PODs are used for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) at an offshore open sea location in the German North Sea. Diel patterns of echolocation click trains are extracted from minimum inter-click interval (minICI) data by binning. The […]
Characterizing the first wave of fish and invertebrate colonization on a new offshore petroleum platform (PDF)
Todd, VLG, Williamson, LD., Cox, SE., Todd, IB. & Macreadie, PI. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 230 (2020)DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz077 Offshore Oil & Gas (O&G) infrastructure creates artificial reef complexes that support marine communities in oceans. No studies have characterized the first wave of colonization, which can reveal information about habitat attraction and ecological connectivity. Here we used opportunistically-collected industrial […]
