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School is out on noisy reefs: the effect of boat noise on predator learning and survival of juvenile coral reef fishes

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Maud C O Ferrari  , Mark I McCormick , Mark G Meekan , Stephen D Simpson , Sophie L Nedelec  , Douglas P Chivers 

Noise produced by anthropogenic activities is increasing in many marine ecosystems. We investigated the effect of playback of boat noise on fish cognition. We focused on...
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Keywords: Alarm cue; anthropogenic noise; behaviour; predator recognition; sound pollution.