Publications and Conferences (updated: 10.04.2024)

Publications 

Scheidat, M., Vrooman, J., Teilmann, J., Baltzer, J., Bie Thøstesen, C., Diederichs, B., Dietz, R., Geelhoed, S.C.V, Gilles, A., IJsseldijk, L.L., Keijl, G.O., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Ruser, A., Schnitzler, J., Sveegaard, S., Siebert, U. (2024). Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site and requirements for trilateral monitoring. Mar. Biodivers. 54, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-024-01428-6

Maurer, N., Baltzer, J., Schaffeld, T., Ruser, A., Schnitzler, J. G., & Siebert, U. (2023). Effects of amplitude and duration of noise exposure on the hearing and anti-predator behaviour of common roach (Rutilus rutilus) and sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America : JASA / American Institute of Physics, 154(2), 671–681. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020535

Nachtsheim, D. A.; Johnson, M.; Schaffeld, T.; van Neer, A.; Madsen, P. T.; Findlay, C. R.; Rojano-Doñate, L.; Teilmann, J.; Mikkelsen, L.; Baltzer, J.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.; Schnitzler, J. G. Vessel Noise Exposures of Harbour Seals from the Wadden Sea. Scientific reports 2023, 13 (1), 6187. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33283-z

Unger B., Baltzer J., Brackmann J., Brasseur S., Brügmann M., Diederichs B., Galatius A., Geelhoed S.C.V , Huus Petersen H., IJsseldijk L.L., Jensen T. K., Jess A., Nachtsheim D., Philipp C., Scheidat M., Schop J., Siebert U., Teilmann J., Thøstesen C.B., van Neer A. (2022): Marine mammals. In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Link: qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/marine-mammal

Baltzer, J., Maurer, N., Schaffeld, T., Ruser, A., Schnitzler, J. G., and Siebert, U. (2020). “Effect ranges of underwater noise from anchor vibration operations in the Wadden Sea,” J. Sea Res., 162, 101912. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2020.101912

Schaffeld, T., Schnitzler, J. G., Ruser, A., Woelfing, B., Baltzer, J., and Siebert, U. (2020). “Effects of multiple exposures to pile driving noise on harbor porpoise hearing during simulated flights—An evaluation tool,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 147, 685–697. doi:10.1121/10.0000595

Schaffeld, T., Schnitzler, J. G., Ruser, A., Woelfing, B., Baltzer, J., and Siebert, U. (2020). “Effects of multiple exposures to pile driving noise on harbor porpoise hearing during simulated flights—An evaluation tool,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 147, 685–697. doi:10.1121/10.0000595

Schaffeld, T., Ruser, A., Woelfing, B., Baltzer, J., Kristensen, J. H., Larsson, J., Schnitzler, J. G. and Siebert, U. (2019). “The use of seal scarers as a protective mitigation measure can induce hearing impairment in harbour porpoises,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 146, 4288–4298.

Zein, B.; Woelfing, B.; Dähne, M.; Schaffeld, T.; Ludwig, S.; Hansen Rye, J.; Baltzer, J.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.:  Time and tide: Seasonal, diel and tidal rhythms in Wadden Sea Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
In: PLoS ONE, 14(3): e0213348 (2019)
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213348

Schaffeld, T., Ruser, A., Schnitzler, J.G., Woelfing, B., Baltzer, J., Siebert, U. (2019). Acoustic harassment devices (seal scarers) can affect harbour porpoise hearing temporarily (Talk). In abstract book page 634-635. World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9th – 12th of December 2019.

Schnitzler, J.; Rasmussen, M.H.; Lucke, K.; Akamatsu, T.; Wahlberg, M.; Baltzer, J.; Stepien, E.N.; Villum, M.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.: Impact of vibroseismic underwater sound on the behaviour of baleen whales.
In: oral presentation, abstract book

ESOMM - 2018 6th International Meeting on the Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals , The Hague, Netherlands, 9-14 September
2018, S. -
http://www.esomm.org/index.html

Schaffeld, T.; Ruser, A.; Schnitzler, J.; Woelfing, B.; Baltzer, J.; Siebert, U.: Hazard zones for potential auditory damage – Estimated cumulative effects of pile driving for harbour porpoises in the German North Sea In: poster, abstract book
ESOMM - 2018 6th International Meeting on the Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals, The Hague, Netherlands, 9-14 September
2018, S. -
http://www.esomm.org/index.html

Zein, B.; Woelfing, B.; Schaffeld, T.; Baltzer, J.; Dähne, M.; Siebert, U.: Timing it right - Tidal and temporal effects on detections and foraging behaviour of the harbour porpoise in the German North Sea In: Poster, abstract book
31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, 29. April-03. Mai, 2017, S. 292
europeancetaceansociety.eu/sites/default/files/AbstractBook_0.pdf

Baltzer, J.; Woelfing, B.; Dähne, M.; Wahlberg, M.; Fischer, M.; Schaffeld, T.; Rasmussen, M.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.: The effect of pile driving on harbour porpoises’ behaviour at two offshore windfarms in and adjacent to the ‘Sylt Outer Reef’ In:  Poster, abstract book
31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, 29. April-03. Mai, 2017, S. 276
europeancetaceansociety.eu/sites/default/files/AbstractBook_0.pdf

Schnitzler, J. G.; Frédérich, B.; Früchtnicht, S.; Schaffeld, T.; Baltzer, J.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.: Size and shape variations of the bony components of sperm whale cochleae In: Scientific Reports
(2017) -
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46734

Schnitzler, J.; Frédérich, B., Früchtnicht, S.; Schaffeld, T.; Baltzer, J.; Ruser, A:; Siebert, U.: Size and shape variations of the bony components of sperm whale cochleae
In: Speed Talk, abstract book
31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, 29. April-03. Mai, 2017, S. 109
europeancetaceansociety.eu/sites/default/files/ECS_full-program_opslag.pdf