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Underwater Sound Sources and Ambient Noise in Fowlers Bay, South Australia, during the Austral Winter

2019
Pay-walled Article

Acoustics Australia

Ward, Rhianne, McCauley Robert D., Gavrilov Alexander N., and Charlton Claire M.

Passive acoustic recordings made in Fowlers Bay, South Australia, during the austral winter of 2013–2017 revealed the presence of several sources of underwater sound. Sound sources...
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Keywords: Aircrafts, Boats, PAM, Underwater sound

Small-Boat Noise Impacts Natural Settlement Behavior of Coral Reef Fish Larvae

2016
Pay-walled Book

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Simpson SD, Radford AN, Holles S, Ferrari MCO, Chivers DP, McCormick MI, Meekan MG

After a pelagic larval phase, settlement-stage coral reef fish must locate a suitable reef habitat for juvenile life. Reef noise, produced by resident fish and invertebrates,...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Boat noise, Coral reef fish, Reef noise

Communicating amidst the noise: modeling the aggregate influence of ambient and vessel noise on baleen whale communication space in a national marine sanctuary

2018
Open Access Journal Article

Endangered Species Research

Cholewiak, D., Clark C. W., Ponirakis D., Frankel A., Hatch L. T., Risch D., Stanistreet J. E., Thompson M., Vu E., and Van Parijs S. M.

Anthropogenic noise negatively impacts many species. One of the more insidious effects of elevated noise levels is the reduction in area over which animals are able...
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Keywords: Communication space · Baleen whales · Communication masking · Anthropogenicnoise

Motorboat noise impacts parental behaviour and offspring survival in a reef fish.

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Nedelec SL, Radford AN, Pearl L, Nedelec B, McCormick MI, Meekan MG, Simpson SD

Anthropogenic noise is a pollutant of international concern, with mounting evidence of disturbance and impacts on animal behaviour and physiology. However, empirical studies measuring survival consequences...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Lizard Island, Motorboat-noise playback, Parental care, Pollution

Anthropogenic noise increases fish mortality by predation

2016
Open Access Journal Article

Nature Communications

Stephen D. Simpson, Andrew N. Radford, Sophie L. Nedelec, Maud C.O. Ferrari, Douglas P. Chivers,Mark I. McCormick & Mark G. Meekan

Noise-generating human activities affect hearing, communication and movement in terrestrial and aquatic animals, but direct evidence for impacts on survival is rare. We examined effects of...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Motorboat noise, Prey fish species

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.

Recreational vessels without Automatic Identification System (AIS) dominate anthropogenic noise contributions to a shallow water soundscape

2019
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Scientific Reports

Line Hermannsen, Lonnie Mikkelsen, Jakob Tougaard, Kristian Beedholm, Mark Johnson, Peter T. Madsen

Recreational boating is an increasing activity in coastal areas and its spatiotemporal overlap with key habitats of marine species pose a risk for negative noise impacts....
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Keywords: Automatic Identification System (AIS), Noise models, Recreational boating