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Jézéquel Y, Bonnel J, Chauvaud L. Potential for acoustic masking due to shipping noise in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Mar Pollut Bull 2021; 173:112934. [PMID: 34537570 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Marine traffic is the most pervasive underwater anthropogenic noise pollution which can mask acoustic communication in marine mammals and fish, but its effect in marine invertebrates remains unknown. Here, we performed an at sea experiment to study the potential of shipping noise to mask and alter lobster acoustic communication. We used hydrophones to record buzzing sounds and accelerometers to detect lobster carapace vibrations (i.e. the buzzing sounds' sources). We demonstrated that male individuals produced carapace vibrations under various ambient noise conditions, including heavy shipping noise. However, while the associated waterborne buzzing sounds could be recorded under natural ambient noise levels, they were masked by shipping noise. Additionally, lobsters significantly increased their call rates in presence of shipping noise, suggesting a vocal compensation due to the reduction of intraspecific communication. This study reports for the first time the potential acoustic masking of lobster acoustic communication by chronic anthropogenic noise pollution, which could affect ecologically important behaviors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Youenn Jézéquel
- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 UBO/CNRS/IRD/Ifremer, Plouzane, France; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
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- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 UBO/CNRS/IRD/Ifremer, Plouzane, France.
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Southall BL, Southall H, Antunes R, Nichols R, Rouse A, Stafford KM, Robards M, Rosenbaum HC. Seasonal trends in underwater ambient noise near St. Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait. Mar Pollut Bull 2020; 157:111283. [PMID: 32475816 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We measured spatial and temporal patterns of ambient noise in dynamic, relatively pristine Arctic marine habitats and evaluate the contributions of environmental and human noise sources. Long-term acoustic recorders were deployed around St. Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait region within key feeding and migratory corridors for protected species that are inherently important to Native Alaskan cultures. Over 3000 h of data from 14 recorders at nine sites were obtained from October 2014 to June 2017. Spatial and temporal ambient noise patterns were quantified with percentile statistics in 1/3rd-octave bands (0.02-8 kHz). Ice presence strongly influenced ambient noise by influencing the physical environment and presence of marine mammals. High variability in noise was observed within and between sites, largely as a function of ice presence and associated factors. Acute contributions of biological and anthropogenic sources to local ambient noise are compared to monthly averages, demonstrating how they influence Arctic soundscapes.
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- Brandon L Southall
- Southall Environmental Associates, Inc., 9099 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA 95003, USA; Long Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, 110 McAlister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
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- Southall Environmental Associates, Inc., 9099 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA 95003, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Ocean Giants Program, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460, USA
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- Southall Environmental Associates, Inc., 9099 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA 95003, USA
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- Southall Environmental Associates, Inc., 9099 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA 95003, USA
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- University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Arctic Beringia Program, 3550 Airport Way, Suite 5, Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Ocean Giants Program, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460, USA
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Jézéquel Y, Coston-Guarini J, Chauvaud L, Bonnel J. Acoustic behaviour of male European lobsters ( Homarus gammarus) during agonistic encounters. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb211276. [PMID: 31953362 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.211276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) use chemical and visual signals as a means of intraspecific communication during agonistic encounters. In this study, we show that they also produce buzzing sounds during these encounters. This result was missed in earlier studies because low-frequency buzzing sounds are highly attenuated in tanks, and are thus difficult to detect with hydrophones. To address this issue, we designed a behavioural tank experiment using hydrophones, with accelerometers placed on the lobsters to directly detect their carapace vibrations (i.e. the sources of the buzzing sounds). While we found that both dominant and submissive individuals produced carapace vibrations during every agonistic encounter, very few of the associated buzzing sounds (15%) were recorded by the hydrophones. This difference is explained by their high attenuation in tanks. We then used the method of algorithmic complexity to analyse the carapace vibration sequences as call-and-response signals between dominant and submissive individuals. Even though some intriguing patterns appeared for closely size-matched pairs (<5 mm carapace length difference), the results of the analysis did not permit us to infer that the processes underlying these sequences could be differentiated from random ones. Thus, such results prevented any conclusions about acoustic communication. This concurs with both the high attenuation of the buzzing sounds during the experiments and the poor understanding of acoustic perception by lobsters. New approaches that circumvent tank acoustic issues are now required to validate the existence of acoustic communication in lobsters.
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- Youenn Jézéquel
- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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Bertucci F, Parmentier E, Berthe C, Besson M, Hawkins AD, Aubin T, Lecchini D. Snapshot recordings provide a first description of the acoustic signatures of deeper habitats adjacent to coral reefs of Moorea. PeerJ 2017; 5:e4019. [PMID: 29158970 PMCID: PMC5691791 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Acoustic recording has been recognized as a valuable tool for non-intrusive monitoring of the marine environment, complementing traditional visual surveys. Acoustic surveys conducted on coral ecosystems have so far been restricted to barrier reefs and to shallow depths (10–30 m). Since they may provide refuge for coral reef organisms, the monitoring of outer reef slopes and describing of the soundscapes of deeper environment could provide insights into the characteristics of different biotopes of coral ecosystems. In this study, the acoustic features of four different habitats, with different topographies and substrates, located at different depths from 10 to 100 m, were recorded during day-time on the outer reef slope of the north Coast of Moorea Island (French Polynesia). Barrier reefs appeared to be the noisiest habitats whereas the average sound levels at other habitats decreased with their distance from the reef and with increasing depth. However, sound levels were higher than expected by propagation models, supporting that these habitats possess their own sound sources. While reef sounds are known to attract marine larvae, sounds from deeper habitats may then also have a non-negligible attractive potential, coming into play before the reef itself.
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- Frédéric Bertucci
- USR 3278 CRIOBE, PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, Moorea, French Polynesia.,Laboratoire de Morphologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, AFFISH-RC, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Morphologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, AFFISH-RC, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- USR 3278 CRIOBE, PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, Moorea, French Polynesia
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- USR 3278 CRIOBE, PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, Moorea, French Polynesia.,Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, UMR 7232, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), CNRS, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Neuro-PSI, UMR 9197, Université Paris Sud (Paris XI), CNRS, Orsay, France
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- USR 3278 CRIOBE, PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, Moorea, French Polynesia.,Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, EPHE, Paris, France
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Many soniferous fishes such as cods and groupers are commercially important. Sounds are produced during courtship and spawning, and there is the potential for aquatic noise to interfere with critical behaviors and affect populations. There are few data on the response of wild populations of sound-producing fishes to acoustic noise. New motion and sound exposure fish tags could be used to assess the behavioral responses of large numbers of fish to noise exposure. Many factors, such as fishing mortality and environmental variability in prey supply, could also affect populations and potentially interact with the behavioral responses to noise.
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- David A Mann
- Loggerhead Instruments, 6776 Palmer Park Circle, Sarasota, FL, 34238, USA.
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Fisher-Pool PI, Lammers MO, Gove J, Wong KB. Does Primary Productivity Turn Up the Volume? Exploring the Relationship Between Chlorophyll a and the Soundscape of Coral Reefs in the Pacific. Adv Exp Med Biol 2016; 875:289-93. [PMID: 26610971 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Chlorophyll is the basis for ecosystem productivity in most marine environments. We report on an ongoing effort to examine whether ambient sounds are tied to chlorophyll levels. We hypothesized that an increase in food-web available energy will be distributed across trophic levels, eventually reaching sound-producing animals and increasing acoustic levels. To test our hypothesis, we compared reef environments to explore links between soundscapes and chlorophyll a concentrations. The study sites resided in disparate oceanographic regimes that experienced substantially different oceanographic conditions. We anticipated that the results would show differing patterns of primary productivity between sites and therefore would be reflected in the soundscapes.
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- Pollyanna I Fisher-Pool
- , 59-741 Amaumau Place, Haleiwa, HI, 96712, USA. .,Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI, 96744, USA.
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI, 96744, USA.
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- Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
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- Pacific Islands Fisheries and Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
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Wall Bell CC, Rountree RA, Juanes F. Mapping the Acoustic Soundscape off Vancouver Island Using the NEPTUNE Canada Ocean Observatory. Adv Exp Med Biol 2016; 875:1205-11. [PMID: 26611088 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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NEPTUNE Canada is a cabled ocean observatory system containing five nodes located in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Using passive acoustic data recorded at two nodes (Folger Passage Deep and Barkley Canyon Axis) between June 2010 and May 2011, we sought to quantify the levels of vessel traffic and the occurrence of biological sounds to determine the potential impact of anthropogenic sound in masking acoustic communication. The results from a comparison of the relative amplitude and occurrence of low-frequency biotic sounds to broadband sounds resulting from vessel traffic are presented. Additional contributions to the marine soundscape from self-generated instrument noise are discussed.
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- Carrie C Wall Bell
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder, 325 Broadway E/GC3, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA. .,Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8N 1M5, Canada.
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- Marine Ecology and Technology Applications, Inc., Waquoit, MA, 02536, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8N 1M5, Canada.
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