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May 2026

In May the PrePARED team released several outputs!

Reports

PrePARED Report 12: A framework for parameterising simulations of seabird foraging trips

Colleagues from BioSS and UKCEH have released Report 12 presenting a framework for paramaterising simulations of individual seabird foraging trips to be used as inputs to Individual Based Models (IBMs).

Please read the report here.

Peer-Reviewed Published Papers

Following PrePARED team presentations at The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life Conference in Prague 2025, two papers have now been released.

Measurements of Noise Levels and Porpoise Disturbance During Pile-Driving at Moray West Wind Farm: Comparison with Model Predictions Used in Regulatory Assessments

Paul Thompson, Aude Benhemma-Le Gall, Robert Lee, Simon Stephenson, Tim Mason, and Nuria Abad Oliva

Acoustic Array Configurations for Dose-Response Studies: Impact Gradient Designs Influence Predictions of Noise Impacts on Cetaceans 

Gordon D. Hastie, Madalina Matei, Aude Benhemma-Le Gall, Alex Brown, Isla Graham, Paul Thompson & Cormac Booth

Preprints

In order to provide stakeholders with research findings as soon as possible, the team have released papers on preprint servers whilst they are being reviewed for journal publications.

Evidence of predation events by marine mammals at offshore wind farms

This paper is currently under review at Scientific Reports.

Harbour porpoise responses to pile driving are better predicted by distance to source than by energy-based received sound levels

This paper is currently under review at Journal of Applied Ecology.

You can view all of the PrePARED outputs on our webpage here.