Cumulative sound exposure from shipping in the Australian EEZ

Over the past century there have been significant global increases in anthropogenic underwater noise from a range of sources, such as commercial shipping, oil and gas exploration, recreational and military sound sources. Anthropogenic noise has been demonstrated to impact marine animals, in particular marine mammals that rely on sound for communication, foraging, and navigation. Sound exposure may impair hearing mechanisms temporarily or permanently, with impacts ranging from temporary behavioural responses and stress, to longer term habitat avoidance, hearing loss, or mortality.

Commercial shipping is thought to contribute to a significant portion of the underwater noise generated by human activity, driven by marine transport network expansion, urbanization, and greater demand for natural resources. This project aimed to quantify underwater noise from ships in Australian waters, with the ultimate goal of guiding the management of noise impacts on marine fauna. This record describes a gridded map of cumulative sound exposure from shipping in the Australian EEZ for a typical April-September period.

Identification info

Date (Creation): 2021-03-12

Principal investigator

Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Curtin University - Erbe, Christine

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Principal investigator

CSIRO - Peel, David

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Collaborator

Murdoch University - Smith. Josh

Collaborator

Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Curtin University - Schoeman, Renee

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Status: Completed

Point of contact

CSIRO - Peel, David

GPO Box 1538

Hobart

Tasmania

7001

Australia

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Topic category

Oceans

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Time period: 2015-06-01 2015-09-30

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Keywords (Theme)

shipping noise
anthropogenic pressures
Density of vessels 25m in length
Density of vessels >=25m and <50m in length
Density of vessels >=50m and <100m in length
Density of vessels >=100m and <200m in length
Density of vessels >=200m in length
Density of all vessels
Cumulative sound exposure from vessels <25m in length
Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=25m and <50m in length
Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=50m and <100m in length
Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=100m and <200m in length
Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=200m in length
Cumulative sound exposure from all vessels

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EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS

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Other constraints: This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of Curtin University, Murdoch University, CSIRO, and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project C5.

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Classification: Unclassified

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Use limitation: Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE).

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Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Supplemental Information: Erbe, C., Duncan, A., Peel, D. Smith, J.N. (2021). Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. CMST Curtin University.

Content Information

Content type: Physical measurement

Description: Cumulative time of all vessels in size class spent in each grid cell

Name: Density of vessels 25m in length

Name: Tcl1

Name: Minutes

Description: Cumulative time of all vessels in size class spent in each grid cell

Name: Density of vessels >=25m and <50m in length

Name: Tcl2

Name: Minutes

Description: Cumulative time of all vessels in size class spent in each grid cell

Name: Density of vessels >=50m and <100m in length

Name: Tcl3

Name: Minutes

Description: Cumulative time of all vessels in size class spent in each grid cell

Name: Density of vessels >=100m and <200m in length

Name: Tcl4

Name: Minutes

Description: Cumulative time of all vessels in size class spent in each grid cell

Name: Density of vessels >=200m in length

Name: Tcl5

Name: Minutes

Description: Cumulative time of all vessels in size class spent in each grid cell

Name: Density of all vessels

Name: TclAll

Name: Minutes

Name: Cumulative sound exposure from vessels <25m in length

Name: Nse1

Name: dB re 1uPa2s

Name: Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=25m and <50m in length

Name: Nse2

Name: dB re 1uPa2s

Name: Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=50m and <100m in length

Name: Nse3

Name: dB re 1uPa2s

Name: Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=100m and <200m in length

Name: Nse4

Name: dB re 1uPa2s

Name: Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=200m in length

Name: Nse5

Name: dB re 1uPa2s

Name: Cumulative sound exposure from all vessels

Name: NseA

Name: dB re 1uPa2s

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Shapefile

OnLine resource: NESP:ShipNoise_cumulative_vector
MAP - cumulative 6-month shipping noise (vector product)

OnLine resource: NESP:ShipNoise_cumulative_raster
MAP - cumulative 6-month shipping noise (raster product)

OnLine resource

Protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-feature--shapefile

Name of the resource: SHAPE-ZIP

Description: DATA ACCESS (vector product) - cumulative shipping noise [download Shapefile via WFS]

OnLine resource: DATA ACCESS (raster product) - cumulative shipping noise [.tif direct download]

OnLine resource: View map in interactive Seamap Australia portal

OnLine resource: TECHNICAL REPORT - Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters

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Statement: Desktop study, using vessel distribution data (AIS), vessel sound signatures, and sound propagation. See NESP E2 final report for more detail

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier: urn:uuid/480847b4-b692-4112-89ff-0dcef75e3b84

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Data Manager)

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NESP MB Project E2 - Characterising anthropogenic underwater noise to improve understanding and management of acoustic impacts to marine wildlife

Type of resource

Resource scope: Dataset

Metadata linkage: https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/480847b4-b692-4112-89ff-0dcef75e3b84
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Date info (Creation): 2021-04-12T22:45:33

Date info (Revision): 2024-10-21T00:30:50

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Title: ISO 19115-3:2018

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