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Marine Noise in the Southern Ocean

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Marine noise is a form of ocean pollution that may affect fauna ranging from tiny zooplankton to enormous whales. It may interfere with their acoustic sensing of the ocean environment and communication; disrupt behaviour and displace animals; unbalance energy demand and uptake; in extreme cases, cause injury and trauma; and ultimately impact health and survival. The Southern Ocean is not immune to marine noise and its impacts; however, very few studies on bioacoustic impacts have been undertaken on Antarctic species in the Southern Ocean. Here, we present an overview of sources of marine noise in the Southern Ocean, its potential impacts, mitigation options, as well as management and research needs. This brief review was written for the Antarctic Environments Portal and is based on an earlier unreleased report submitted to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research .

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Title Marine Noise in the Southern Ocean
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6c1719a4-b94f-4055-a16c-b1d6a38586eb
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 08/04/2019
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Marine Noise in the Southern Ocean". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-noise-in-the-southern-ocean