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Bertucci F, Lecchini D, Greeven C, Brooker RM, Minier L, Cordonnier S, René-Trouillefou M, Parmentier E. Changes to an urban marina soundscape associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Guadeloupe. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 289:117898. [PMID: 34375848 PMCID: PMC9188413 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to government-enforced limits on activities worldwide, causing a marked reduction of human presence in outdoors environments, including in coastal areas that normally support substantial levels of boat traffic. These restrictions provided a unique opportunity to quantify the degree to which anthropogenic noise contributes to and impacts underwater soundscapes. In Guadeloupe, French West Indies, a significantly lower number of motor boats were recorded in the vicinity of the major urban marina during the peak of the first COVID-19 lockdown (April-May 2020), compared with the number recorded post-lockdown. The resumption of human activities at the end of May was correlated with a maximum increase of 6 decibels in the ambient noise level underwater. The change in noise level did not impact daily sound production patterns of vocal fishes, with increased activity at dusk seen both during and after the lockdown period. However, during the lockdown vocal activity was comprised of a reduced number of sounds, suggesting that anthropogenic noise has the potential to interfere with vocalization behaviours in fishes.
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- Frédéric Bertucci
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université des Antilles - MNHN - CNRS 8067 - SU - IRD 207 - UCN, Bâtiment de Biologie Marine, Campus de Fouillole, B.P. 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe; Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan CEDEX, France; Functional and Evolutionary Morphology Lab, AFFISH-RC, UR FOCUS, University of Liège, Campus du Sart Tilman - Bât. B6c, Quartier Agora, Allée de la Chimie, 3, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
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- Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan CEDEX, France; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP 1013, 98729, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia
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- Functional and Evolutionary Morphology Lab, AFFISH-RC, UR FOCUS, University of Liège, Campus du Sart Tilman - Bât. B6c, Quartier Agora, Allée de la Chimie, 3, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, 3216, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP 1013, 98729, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia
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- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université des Antilles - MNHN - CNRS 8067 - SU - IRD 207 - UCN, Bâtiment de Biologie Marine, Campus de Fouillole, B.P. 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université des Antilles - MNHN - CNRS 8067 - SU - IRD 207 - UCN, Bâtiment de Biologie Marine, Campus de Fouillole, B.P. 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe; Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, 58 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan CEDEX, France
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- Functional and Evolutionary Morphology Lab, AFFISH-RC, UR FOCUS, University of Liège, Campus du Sart Tilman - Bât. B6c, Quartier Agora, Allée de la Chimie, 3, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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Ferrier-Pagès C, Leal MC, Calado R, Schmid DW, Bertucci F, Lecchini D, Allemand D. Noise pollution on coral reefs? - A yet underestimated threat to coral reef communities. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 165:112129. [PMID: 33588103 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Noise pollution is an anthropogenic stressor that is increasingly recognized for its negative impact on the physiology, behavior and fitness of marine organisms. Driven by the recent expansion of maritime shipping, artisanal fishing and tourism (e.g., motorboats used for recreational purpose), underwater noise increased greatly on coral reefs. In this review, we first provide an overview on how reef organisms sense and use sound. Thereafter we review the current knowledge on how underwater noise affects different reef organisms. Although the majority of available examples are limited to few fish species, we emphasize how the impact of noise differs based on an organisms' acoustic sensitivity, mobility and developmental stage, as well as between noise type, source and duration. Finally, we highlight measures available to governments, the shipping industry and individual users and provide directions for polices and research aimed to manage this global issue of noise emission on coral reefs.
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- Christine Ferrier-Pagès
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Coral Ecophysiology Team, 8 Quai Antoine 1er, MC-98000, Monaco.
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- ECOMARE, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- ECOMARE, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Functional and Evolutionary Morphology Lab, University of Liege, Belgium; PSL University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, 98729 Moorea, French Polynesia
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- PSL University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, 98729 Moorea, French Polynesia; Laboratoire d'Excellence "CORAIL", Perpignan, France
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- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Coral Ecophysiology Team, 8 Quai Antoine 1er, MC-98000, Monaco
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Tyne JA, Christiansen F, Heenehan HL, Johnston DW, Bejder L. Chronic exposure of Hawaii Island spinner dolphins ( Stenella longirostris) to human activities. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:171506. [PMID: 30473795 PMCID: PMC6227997 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Habitat selection is strongly influenced by spatial variations in habitat quality and predation risk. Repeated exposure of wildlife to anthropogenic activities in important habitats may affect habitat selection, leading to negative biological consequences. We quantified the cumulative human exposure of a small, genetically isolated and behaviourally constrained spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) population, off Hawaii Island, and exposure effects on their daytime cumulative activity budget. Dolphins were exposed to human activities within 100 m for 82.7% of the daytime, with a median duration of 10 min between exposure events. Individual dolphins spent on average 61.7% (s.d. = 6.5) of their daytime resting. Of their total rest time, greater than 90% occurred inside sheltered bays. Despite high levels of human exposure, we did not observe an effect on dolphin resting behaviour. The short intervals between exposure events probably prevent dolphins from returning to a natural resting state before the next event. Consequently, 'control' observations may represent a resting behaviour of a more vigilant nature. Chronic levels of exposure to human activities could lead to rest deprivation, displacement from preferred resting habitats and ultimately negative population level effects. These results have implications for new proposed legislation aiming to reduce dolphin exposure to human activities.
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- Julian A. Tyne
- Aquatic Megafauna Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Aquatic Megafauna Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Aquatic Megafauna Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Aquatic Megafauna Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC, USA
- Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, HI, USA
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Soundscape ecology is a rapidly growing field with approximately 93% of all scientific articles on this topic having been published since 2010 (total about 610 publications since 1985). Current acoustic technology is also advancing rapidly, enabling new devices with voluminous data storage and automatic signal detection to define sounds. Future uses of passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) include biodiversity assessments, monitoring habitat health, and locating spawning fishes. This paper provides a review of ambient sound and soundscape ecology, fish acoustic monitoring, current recording and sampling methods used in long-term PAM, and parameters/metrics used in acoustic data analysis.
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