The PCAD (Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance) model was developed by the US National Academies of Sciences National Resource Council in 2005 to evaluate how changes in behaviour caused by acoustic disturbance, may result in population effects by affecting the critical life functions of marine mammals. It was a conceptual model that had no predictive capabilities.
An important role of the JIP was to be the first to apply the PCAD framework in real-world situations and assess whether it needed revising or developed further.
Our research has been broken down in three parts which can be viewed below:
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Behavioural Reactions And Biological Significant Effects
The JIP aims to understand the non-physical effects of E&P sound on marine life behaviour over the course of their lives
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Research Categories
The JIP has funded one of the most extensive industry research programmes in this field. It is divided into five categories which are complementary and designed to allow the JIP to fully understand the issue and potential impacts associated with underwater sound from offshore activities.
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Innovation
The Sound & Marine Life JIP has funded research into technologies and methods that influence the way the industry operates, such PAMGuard, PCAD, Tags, DECAF, BRAHSS and Tags
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Development Of Transfer Functions For The Population Consequences Of Acoustic Disturbance Model (PCAD)
The Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance Model (PCAD) was developed with the US National Academies of Sciences National Resource Council to evaluate change in marine life behaviour