Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
Today, OSC are celebrating the publication of their new book, the Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook. Fresh from the printers, copies arrived at OSC’s office in Dunbar this morning – champagne & cookies all round!
The ‘Marine …
Dredging impacts on marine mammals
We recently had our review paper ‘A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals’ accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern about …
Marine mammals of Scotland
On 22nd and 23rd March we attended Dunbar SciFest (http://dunbarscifest.org.uk/). Our stall, located inside the marquee, focused on marine mammals of Scotland. More specifically, what you can see and where. We had information leaflets, colouring in, …
Marine mammals and anthropogenic sound
In light of our up and coming Dunbar Science Club workshop, ‘Communication in marine mammals’ (www.dunbarscienceclub.org.uk), it seems appropriate to address the topic of marine mammals and noise.
Marine mammals rely on sound to survive, using it to …