MCQ2 Flashcards
How much faster does sound travel in water than air?
5 times
Light travels how deep in water?
200m depth
Sound is a
pressure wave, measured by frequency
Low frequencies travel further or less than high?
further than high frequencies
Low frequency can travel…. (metres)
thousands
Sound propagation is dependent on
Water, Salinity, Temp and pH
Shipping noises
flow over hull, engine noise and dynamic positioning
Shipping noise is what frequency?
5-500Hz
Shipping noise has increased by…?
3db/year (doubling every year)
Seismic survey noise is
Airguns
Seismic survey sound is around what frequency?
<300Hz but spills into higher frequencies
Seismic surveys test where?
Continental shelf
Naval sonar uses what frequencies?
100-500Hz and 2-8kHz
Science surveys are used to:
Map seabed, finding sea temperature and tagging
Construction and pile driving cause what?
temporary mammal displacement
Fisheries use what to confuse mammals and keep them at a distance?
banana tags
Marine organisms use sound to:
find prey, attract mates and socialise
Impacts of noise can be:
Death, increased stress, changing behaviour and masking
PTS
Permanent Threshold Shift
TTS
Temporary threshold shift
PTS and TTS limits for cetaceans
PTS - 5m and TTS - 10m
PTS and TTS limits for pinnipeds
PTS - 20m and TTS 40m
Stress in small crustaceans has lead to:
Reduced growth and reproduction
Level of displacement of porpoises around pile driving?
22km radius
Masking is
being unable to hear conspecifics to mate, or predators
Legislation with some thresholds for marine noise
MSFD Descriptor 11
Climate change can change sound in water by:
increased transparency to low frequencies (decreased salinity and increased pH)
Crocodiles 1800s
Large scale harvest of skins
Crocodiles 1820s
Demand dropped (leather came up)