Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for offshore wind farm biodiversity assessments: a pilot study

Pilot study on the use of underwater passive acoustic recordings to monitor changes in biodiversity on the East Coast of Scotland. The focus of this study was to assess fish’s and crustacean’s active and passive sounds.


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