Resources

Access copies of the SATURN closing event presentations in this resources bundle.

Download your copy of the SATURN poster 'Impacts of Ship Noise on Harbour Porpoise Movements and Population Dynamics' which was delivered at this year's 36th European Cetacean Society conference 2025.

Read SATURN's recently published Journal of the Acoustical Society of America paper and download the supplementary materials here!

This SATURN video gives insights into the work that was done on two air injection systems (Masker and & Prairie System), the pump jet propulsion and the trochoidal propeller.

This policy brief underscores the urgency of consolidating efforts to standardise underwater noise measurement and management under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) agenda.

The recording from our Webinar on 'International Standardization in Underwater Acoustics' hosted by UCC is now available online!

Learn more about how we are using these technologies to support the SATURN project's aims and objectives, and support marine fauna in the following video!

The purpose of this terminology standard is to facilitate effective communication, especially inter-disciplinary communication, between physicists, biologists, and end users.

This policy brief identifies the need for the adoption of standardized bioacoustical terminology in the field of of underwater radiated noise.

Download a free poster for students and classrooms about frequency, decibels, spectrograms, and sources of sound in the ocean.

Watch the recording of “Marine mammals and vessel noise: exposure, impacts, and potential solutions”, part of the DOSITS 2023 webinar programme.

Watch SATURN researchers talk about harbour seal responses to underwater noise in a busy port in Germany in this segment of the documentary ‘OCEAN’.

A list of acoustic measurements and statistics for standardization within the SATURN project, ensuring comparable results.

Olivia Marín Delgado talks about assessing the impact of underwater noise on Short-finned Pilot Whales in the Teno-Rasca SAC, near Tenerife.

DEPONS is a model for simulating the population effects of noise for harbour porpoises — including noise from ships.

Read about our research in the second year of the project (2022) — in the second issue of our annual research newsletter. Written for all audiences.

An infographic highlighting the terminology for measuring underwater sound.

In this video, watch how SATURN researchers measure the URN produced by a large research vessel in the Canaries.

Learn more about the SATURN project in our project brochure, uploaded here in an easy-to-read format.

Learn about the SATURN project in this video about our research, featuring an interview with Project Coordinator Gerry Sutton.

A suite of artificially synthesised ship sound signals suitable for the assessment of harmful underwater noise characteristics for use in bioacoustics research.

Read about our research in the first year of the project (February 2021 - February 2022) in Issue 1 of our annual research newsletter.

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