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NESP MaC Project 4.8 - Potential impacts of offshore wind developments on eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales, 2024-2025 (AIMS)

Dates

Start Date
01-Mar-2024
End Date
28-Feb-2025

Titles

Title
NESP MaC Project 4.8 - Potential impacts of offshore wind developments on eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales, 2024-2025 (AIMS)
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Primary
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Start Date
01-Mar-2024
End Date
28-Feb-2025
Language
English

Descriptions

Description

Pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) are listed as Endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC 1999). Their distribution and Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) overlap with regions proposed for offshore renewable energy development in western and south-eastern Australia, creating a need to assess potential impacts alongside existing pressures such as shipping, oil and gas activity, vessel strike, underwater noise and habitat disturbance.

This project mapped the distribution and core foraging and migratory areas of eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales by combining satellite tracking data with auxiliary information from aerial surveys, marine mammal observer records, and existing habitat suitability models. These spatial products were overlaid with proposed offshore renewable energy areas, BIAs, Australian Marine Park boundaries, and spatial pressures layers. A cumulative impact framework was used to identify areas of higher risk and potential lower-impact reference sites.

The project outputs support regulators, proponents and government agencies in assessing and mitigating potential offshore renewable energy impacts on pygmy blue whales. The results contribute to cumulative risk assessment, blue whale recovery planning, future BIA review, monitoring design, and prioritisation of future research and data collection.
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English

Contributors

Name Luciana Cerqueira Ferreira ORCID Logo (unauthenticated)
Contributor ID ORCID Logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-2799 (unauthenticated)
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Contact
Yes
Positions
Position
Principal or Chief Investigator
Position:
Principal or Chief Investigator
 Principal investigator refers to the person(s) in charge of a research project
Start Date
01-Mar-2024
End Date
28-Feb-2025
Roles
No Entries
Name Michele Thums ORCID Logo (unauthenticated)
Contributor ID ORCID Logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8669-8440 (unauthenticated)
Leader
Yes
Contact
Yes
Positions
Position
Principal or Chief Investigator
Position:
Principal or Chief Investigator
 Principal investigator refers to the person(s) in charge of a research project
Start Date
01-Mar-2024
End Date
28-Feb-2025
Roles
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Leader
No
Contact
No
Positions
Position
Co-investigator or Collaborator
Position:
Co-investigator or Collaborator
 A Co-Investigator is a senior or key investigator involved in a research project who does not have the overall responsibility and authority of the Principal Investigator
Start Date
01-Mar-2024
End Date
28-Feb-2025
Roles
No Entries
Name Rebecca Fisher ORCID Logo (unauthenticated)
Contributor ID ORCID Logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5148-6731 (unauthenticated)
Leader
No
Contact
No
Positions
Position
Co-investigator or Collaborator
Position:
Co-investigator or Collaborator
 A Co-Investigator is a senior or key investigator involved in a research project who does not have the overall responsibility and authority of the Principal Investigator
Start Date
01-Mar-2024
End Date
28-Feb-2025
Roles
No Entries

Organisations

Name
Australian Institute of Marine Science

Roles
Role
Lead Research Organisation
Role:
Lead Research Organisation
 The research organistion administratively responsible for the project; administering organisation
Start Date
2024-03-01
End Date
2025-02-28
Name
Flinders University

Roles
Role
Other Research Organisation
Role:
Other Research Organisation
 A research organisation such as a university participating in the project, usually hosting Contributors and providing other support
Start Date
2024-03-01
End Date
2025-02-28

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Citation

Cerqueira Ferreira, L., Moller, L., & Thums, M. (2025). Distribution of Eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales and potential impacts of offshore wind developments [Dataset]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.
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Related RAiDs

Title
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (10.71821/418be95a)
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Access

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Open Access
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Subjects

Subject
Wildlife and habitat management (410407)
Keywords
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pygmy blue whale
Language
eng
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Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
Language
eng
Subject
Population ecology (310307)
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biologically important areas
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eng
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foraging
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eng
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migration
Language
eng
Subject
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) (310305)
Keywords
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Offshore renewable energy (ORE)
Language
eng
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impact assessment
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eng
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threatened species
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eng

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