Marine Mammal Behavioral Response to Tidal Turbine Sound Award Number: DE-EE0006385 CX(s) Applied: A11, B3.3, Water Power Program Date: 05/12/2016 Location(s): WA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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May 19, 2016
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Marine Mammal Behavioral Response to Tidal Turbine Sound
Award Number: DE-EE0006385
CX(s) Applied: A11, B3.3,
Water Power Program
Date: 05/12/2016
Location(s): WA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The Department of Energy, (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the University of Washington (UW) to characterize the behavioral response of harbor porpoises and pinnipeds to the sound produced by marine energy converters, using a simulated sound source. The proposed project would analyze the behavioral responses of marine mammals to marine energy converter sounds, as well as demonstrate the effectiveness of shoreline observers and localizing passive acoustics to describe the distribution and use of marine mammals around marine renewable energy projects.