Reports and software

Software

Matlab plotting tool for visualisation of short snippets of DTAG data around the time of a brief disturbance (e.g., a 30-second playback, or an individual transmission that is part of a longer controlled exposure).
- Matlab code
- Detailed description of tool

Cornelia S. Oedekoven, Len Thomas, Catriona M. Harris, Lindesay A.S. Scott-Hayward,
Danielle Harris, Magda Chudskinska, Charles G.M. Paxton, Alba Solsona Berga and Simone Baumann-Pickering (2023) Methods comparison for analysing PAM data to detect a change in cue detection rate of cetaceans related to a potential disturbance. Report number CREEM-2023-02. Provided to US Office of Naval Research, March 2023 (Unpublished).
Bouchet PJ, Harris CM, Thomas L (2020). Simulating cetacean responses to sonar exposure within a Bayesian hierarchical modelling framework. Technical report 2020-01 v1.0, Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling (CREEM), University of St Andrews, 39 p. Also Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19909

Developing the next generation framework for modelling marine mammal responses to noise: A workshop to identify key elements for future models – A report of the pre-conference workshop held at the World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, 8 December 2019.
- Supplement C – Management Perspectives
- Supplement D – Literature Review
- Supplement E – Concensus forms

1st MOCHA Working Group Meeting Report – Start-up meeting held in St Andrews, U.K. (Feb 15-16, 2012)
2nd MOCHA Working Group Meeting Report – Workshop focussed on deep-diving species, held in St Andrews, U.K. (Sept 19-21, 2012)
3rd MOCHA Working Group Meeting Report – Workshop focussed on “other” odontocete species, held in The Hague, The Netherlands (18-20 March 2013)
4th MOCHA Working Group Meeting Report – Workshop focussed on pilot whales, held at Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC (4-6 Sept, 2013)
5th MOCHA Working Group Meeting Report – Workshop focussed on baleen whales, hosted by Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA (17-19 March 2014)
6th MOCHA Working Group Meeting Report – This was the final workshop and reports on progress made during the project, held at University of St Andrews, UK (2-5 December, 2014).

Harris, CM & Thomas, L 2015, Status and future of research on the behavioural responses of marine mammals to U.S. Navy sonar . CREEM Technical Report , no. 2015-3, University of St Andrews. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7741

Harris, C.M., Thomas, L., Sadykova, D., DeRuiter, S.L., Tyack, P.L., Southall, B.L., Read, A.J., Miller, P.J.O. 2016. The Challenges of Analyzing Behavioral Response Study Data: An Overview of the MOCHA (Multi-study OCean acoustics Human effects Analysis) Project. Pages 399-407 In: Popper, A. N. and Hawkins, A. eds. (2016). The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II, Advances in Experimental Biology and Medicine 875. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_47