COMPARISON OF UNDERWATER BACKGROUND NOISE DURING SPRING AND NEAP TIDE IN A HIGH TIDAL CURRENT SITE: RAMSEY SOUND

摘要

Underwater background noise consists of a mixture of physical and biological noise that are not directly of interest of the study. Physical noise includes for example surf, wind, turbulence, wave breaking, rain, sand motion, earthquakes and anthropogenic noise. Biological noise includes the calls of marine mammals, crustaceans, fish and all other marine life sounds. Since the Second World War, underwater background noise in deep water has been fully studied to the detriment of shallow water [1].