Marine Seismic Survey Impacts on Fish and Invertebrates

Geoscience Australia, Curtin University, and CSIRO produced a literature review summarizing 70 peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of impulsive low-frequency sound from marine seismic surveys on marine fish and invertebrates. This dataset provides an updated critical synthesis of recent scientific data to inform government and industry understanding of potential environmental effects. The review highlights research gaps, including the need to study a wider range of species and assess impacts at population and ecosystem scales.

Use Cases

• Informing environmental policy and regulation based on synthesized evidence of seismic survey impacts.
• Designing field-based (before-after-control-impact) studies using the reviewed experimental frameworks.
• Identifying research gaps for future studies on marine species and ecosystem-scale effects.
• Standardizing terminology and measurement of sound exposure in marine environments.

Strengths

• Synthesizes findings from 70 peer-reviewed scientific studies, providing a substantial evidence base.
• Represents a collaborative effort by Geoscience Australia, Curtin University, and CSIRO, indicating institutional credibility.
• Includes an updated review to ensure the findings remain current with recent scientific literature.

Limitations

• Critical metadata such as row count, specific columns, data size, license, and author are listed as unknown or None across all platform entries.
• The dataset appears to be a PDF document (literature review) rather than a structured data table, limiting direct computational analysis.
• Platform entries show conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-06-23 and 2026-04-28), indicating potential metadata inconsistency.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with Curtin University and CSIRO.

Collection Method

Critical synthesis and literature review of published scientific studies.

Freshness

2026-06-23 04:07:44.267807

Geography

Marine environment, with a focus informed by Australian government interests.