ArticleScientific reports2018
Boat noise impacts risk assessment in a coral reef fish but effects depend on engine type.
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- Boat Noise Increases the Oxygen Consumption Rate of the Captive Juvenile Large Yellow Croaker,Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Coral reef fish density at a tourist destination responded rapidly to COVID-19 restrictions.Oecologia · 2024Article
- Movements and spatial distribution of an endangered fish (Sciaena umbra) within a marine protected area.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Deep-Learning-Based detection of recreational vessels in an estuarine soundscape in the May River, South Carolina, USA.PloS one · 2024Article
- Transcriptomic and Behavioral Studies of Small Yellow Croaker (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Changes to an urban marina soundscape associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Guadeloupe.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2021Article
- Seasonal influence on the bathymetric distribution of an endangered fish within a marine protected area.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Effects of boat noise on fish fast-start escape response depend on engine type.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Boat noise alters individual behaviors but not communication between partners in a fish-shrimp mutualism.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
- Separate and combined effects of boat noise and a live crab predator on mussel valve gape behavior.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Human noise pollution has increased markedly since the start of industrialization and there is international concern about how this may impact wildlife. Here we determined whether real motorboat noise affected the behavior, space use and escape response of a juvenile damselfish (Pomacentrus wardi) in the wild, and explored whether fish respond effectively to chemical and visual threats in the presence of two common types of motorboat noise. Noise from 30 hp 2-stroke outboard motors reduced boldness and activity of fish on habitat patches compared to ambient reef-sound controls. Fish also no longer responded to alarm odours with an antipredator response, instead increasing activity and space use, and fewer fish responded appropriately to a looming threat. In contrast, while there was a minor influence of noise from a 30 hp 4-stroke outboard on space use, there was no influence on their ability to respond to alarm odours, and no impact on their escape response. Evidence suggests that anthropogenic noise impacts the way juvenile fish assess risk, which will reduce individual fitness and survival, however, not all engine types cause major effects. This finding may give managers options by which they can reduce the impact of motorboat noise on inshore fish communities.
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