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The 1st International Conference on The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life in Nyborg, Denmark, in August 2007 was a watershed event. There have been numerous sessions of scientific and professional conferences devoted to this topic, but the Nyborg meeting was unique in being specifically focused on environmental noise impacts while considering all aquatic species. It was also remarkable in having a truly international scope and participation and, perhaps most notably, in serving as an interdisciplinary nexus for scientists, regulators, policy makers, industry representatives, and resource sponsors. The subsequent period leading to this follow-on meeting in Cork, Ireland, in August 2010 saw remarkable advances in understanding the effects of human noise on aquatic life and how data are used to predict and minimize the environmental impacts.
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Southall, B.L. (2012). Noise and Marine Life: Progress From Nyborg to Cork in Science and Technology to Inform Decision Making. In: Popper, A.N., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 730. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_1
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