There is increasing concern about the effects of pile driving and other anthropogenic (human-generated) sound on fishes. Although there is a growing body of reports examining...
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Anthropogenic underwater noise is now recognized as a world-wide problem, and recent studies have shown a broad range of negative effects in a variety of taxa....
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Gadoids (codfish) gather at particular locations to spawn,where they exhibit complex reproductive behavior with visual and acoustic displays. Gadoid species are most sensitive to sounds from...
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Marine petroleum exploration involves the repetitive use of high-energy noise sources, air-guns, that produce a short, sharp, low-frequency sound. Despite reports of behavioral responses of fishes...
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Anthropogenic noise impacts marine mammals in a variety of ways. In order to estimate over which ranges this happens, we first need to understand the propagation...
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This study expands the limited understanding of pinniped aerial auditory masking and includes measurements at some of the relatively low frequencies predominant in many pinniped vocalizations....
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Anthropogenic noise is a significant pollutant of the world’s oceans, affecting behavioural and physiological traits in a range of species, including anti-predator behaviours. Using the open...
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Ocean ambient noise results from both anthropogenic and natural sources. Different noise sources are dominant in each of 3 frequency bands: low (10 to 500 Hz),...
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Shipping noise is globally pervasive and impacts marine species which rely on sound. International bodies including United Nations agencies, the Arctic Council, and the European Union...
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Because sound is so important to fishes, knowledge of their hearing capabilities is imperative for determining whether human activities, particularly in terms of noise pollution, have...
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