An integrated approach to assessing marine seismic impacts: Lessons learnt from the Gippsl

A research paper from the Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring project presents a case study on assessing the impacts of marine seismic surveys on cetaceans, fish, and invertebrates. The study, published in Ocean & Coastal Management in 2018, evaluates a multi-faceted field-based approach combining conventional and innovative methods. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on the platform in 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing the ecological realism of field observational studies based on the project's methodology.
• Evaluating the challenges of multi-faceted environmental monitoring approaches for research planning.
• Analyzing the need for standardized sound monitoring techniques to ensure data comparability among studies.
• Investigating the role of environmental baselines and time-series data in accounting for spatiotemporal variability.

Strengths

• The study is a peer-reviewed case study published in Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 160, 2018.
• It advocates for an interdisciplinary approach using multiple experimental components as a failsafe for data limitations.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Field observational studies and case study analysis from the Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring project.

Time Range

Study published in 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 19:16:06.507547; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland region, Australia.