Researchers document leatherbacks' reaction to simulated construction sounds

Our research on how endangered leatherback sea turtles react to impulsive underwater sounds was recently featured in a CAI article by Amy Kolb Noyes. The piece includes an interview with CFF senior research biologist Samir Patel, author of the study.

"The idea was to determine how all of the new sounds that are going to be created by the soundscape of construction and operation, and all of that associated with wind, would impact protected species" - Samir Patel via CAI 

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