Description of impact
Dr Lusseau's work at the University of Aberdeen into the impact of man's activities on wild animals has led to changes in public and environmental policies in several nations as well as changes in international policies. He developed insights as well as modelling approaches to understand the consequences of human disturbances on the viability of animal populations.TheAberdeen work has led to a change in the way the environmental impact of a range of industries — including tourism, marine renewable energy and oil & gas — is assessed. Lusseau developed best approaches to manage the disruptions of animal behaviour that those activities created to ensure that those disturbances do not endanger the viability of wild animal populations.
Specifically this research resulted in impact that influenced international policy development and international planning processes. It also informed planning decisions and changed the way environmental risks and hazards are managed in the UK, USA, and New Zealand, and informed changes in legislations and regulations in the USA, UK and New Zealand.
| Impact status | Impact Completed (Open) |
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| Category of impact | Health and Wellbeing |
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Research output
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Assessing the risks to marine mammal populations from renewable energy devices: an interim approach
Research output: Book/Report › Other Report
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An integrated and adaptive management model to address the long-term sustainability of tourist interactions with cetaceans
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whale watching disrupts feeding activities of minke whales on a feeding ground
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of tour boats on the behavior of bottlenose dolphins: Using Markov Chains to Model Anthropogenic Impacts
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Managing the impacts of dolphin-based tourism through the definition of critical habitats: the case of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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