Impacts of a local music festival on fish stress hormone levels and the adjacent underwater soundscape

Cartolano, Maria; Berenshtein, Igal; Heuer, Rachael M.; Pasparakis, Christina; Rider, Mitchell J.; Hammerschlag, Neil; Paris, Claire B.; Grosell, Martin; McDonald, M. Danielle

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114925

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“…These and other anthropogenic sounds that occur in or near shallow coastal habitats, particularly those adjacent to human communities, may have strong influences on soundscapes and the organisms that rely on them (Cartolano et al, 2020;Duarte et al, 2021;Hopson, 2019;Solé, De Vresse, et al, 2023;Solé, Kaifu, et al, 2023;Wilson et al, 2022).…”

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“…In addition to site differences, these anthropogenic sounds could also vary based on times and circumstances of increased human activity—for example, most of the boat sounds in the diel sampling were found in the midday and dusk temporal deployments when boaters were more active. These and other anthropogenic sounds that occur in or near shallow coastal habitats, particularly those adjacent to human communities, may have strong influences on soundscapes and the organisms that rely on them (Cartolano et al, 2020; Duarte et al, 2021; Hopson, 2019; Solé, De Vresse, et al, 2023; Solé, Kaifu, et al, 2023; Wilson et al, 2022).…”

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“…Additionally, the propagation of sound in shallow water is complicated by the high amounts of environmental variation and interactions between boundary layers, making it more complex to model than in deeper water environments (Etter, 1995;Miksis-Olds & Miller, 2006). Sounds produced nearby in the air may be more detectable in shallow water environments, as well, because of their relative proximity (e.g., Cartolano et al, 2020). Due to these potential factors, it is important to document both soundscapes and attenuation to determine if acoustically mediated effects could benefit living shoreline habitat enhancement or restoration (Figure 1).…”

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Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement

Looby,

Reynolds,

McDonald

et al. 2024

Aquatic Conservation

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Organisms, such as fishes and invertebrates and including their larval stages, listen to underwater soundscapes to detect information about nearby habitats. Such soundscapes may be influenced by habitat degradation or enhancement, which can lead to acoustically mediated feedback loops affecting the overall ecosystem. Despite the importance of underwater sounds on ecological functioning, there have been limited studies documenting soundscapes of intertidal ecosystems and few, if any, of living shoreline soundscapes. Living shorelines would especially benefit from acoustically mediated effects for objectives like encouraging fish and invertebrate settlement. This case study used a Before‐After‐Control‐Impact design to sample soundscapes and nekton (i.e., fishes and mobile macroinvertebrates) at a living shoreline construction and a nearby hardened shoreline in Cedar Key, FL (USA). Diel soundscape patterns and acoustic attenuation at the two sites were also described a year following the living shoreline construction. In the acoustic sampling, the high frequency bands of both shorelines were dominated by invertebrate sounds that were influenced by season, site and time of day, while the low frequency band of the living shoreline was often dominated by a loud anthropogenic sound. About a year after the living shoreline installation—despite similar measured acoustic attenuation at both sites—the living shoreline featured louder sound pressure levels compared to the hardened shoreline, which may be particularly beneficial for promoting foundational species and other organism settlement. These results demonstrate that Gulf of Mexico intertidal habitats may have soundscape differences even within close proximity and that living shorelines may enhance acoustic characteristics in ways beneficial to continued shoreline development. This represents an important step in better understanding the relationships between habitat structures, nekton communities, and their associated soundscapes as well as the application of passive acoustic monitoring to improve coastal management and conservation.

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Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement

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McDonald

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Aquatic Conservation

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“…Anthropogenic noise is harmful to marine organisms by impacting natural behaviour and can cause physical damage 23 and potentially even death, either directly or indirectly 81 , 82 . Anthropogenic noise affects individual fish by causing hearing loss 83 , 84 , inducing stress 83 , 85 – 87 , impacting immunity 88 and/or changing reproductive, social or other behaviour such as orientation 83 , 89 – 95 . Moreover, a recent study on reef fish showed that sound pollution interferes with learning to recognize a novel predator 96 .…”

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Acoustic discrimination in the grey bamboo shark Chiloscyllium griseum

Poppelier

Bonsberger

Berkhout

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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Cognitive abilities of sharks are well developed and comparable to teleosts and other vertebrates. Most studies exploring elasmobranch cognitive abilities have used visual stimuli, assessing a wide range of discrimination tasks, memory retention and spatial learning abilities. Some studies using acoustic stimuli in a cognitive context have been conducted, but a basic understanding of sound induced behavioural changes and the underlying mechanisms involved are still lacking. This study explored the acoustic discrimination abilities of seven juvenile grey bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) using a Go/No-Go method, which so far had never been tested in sharks before. After this, the smallest frequency difference leading to a change in behaviour in the sharks was studied using a series of transfer tests. Our results show that grey bamboo sharks can learn a Go/No-Go task using both visual and acoustic stimuli. Transfer tests elucidated that, when both stimulus types were presented, both were used. Within the tested range of 90–210 Hz, a frequency difference of 20–30 Hz is sufficient to discriminate the two sounds, which is comparable to results previously collected for sharks and teleosts. Currently, there is still a substantial lack of knowledge concerning the acoustic abilities and sound induced behaviours of sharks while anthropogenic noise is constantly on the rise. New insights into shark sound recognition, detection and use are therefore of the utmost importance and will aid in management and conservation efforts of sharks.

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“…Boat traffic in Biscayne Bay, especially in the North Bay Urban zone, is significantly higher during weekends and holidays than during weekdays (Ault et al 2017, Rider et al 2021b). Some studies have demonstrated that the noise pollution, including that generated from boat engines, can negatively impact the physiology (Wysocki et al 2006, Cartolano et al 2020 communication (Codarin et al 2009), and behavior of teleost fishes (Ferrari et al 2018); however, these patterns are not consistent among species or regions (Staaterman et al 2020). Recent research in the Bay by Rider et al (2021b) found no detectable relationship between boat density and residencies of bull, nurse, and great hammerhead sharks; only the hourly presence of nurse sharks decreased with increasing boat traffic (albeit a weak pattern), a relationship not seen in the other 2 species.…”

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Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis

Hammerschlag

Gutowsky

Rider

et al. 2022

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Understanding and ultimately predicting how marine organisms will respond to urbanization is central for effective wildlife conservation and management in the Anthropocene. Sharks are upper trophic level predators in virtually all marine environments, but if and how their behaviors are influenced by coastal urbanization remains understudied. Here, we examined space use and residency patterns of 14 great hammerheads Sphyrna mokarran, 13 bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas, and 25 nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum in proximity to the coastal metropolis of Miami, Florida, using passive acoustic telemetry. Based on the terrestrial urban carnivore literature, we predicted sharks would exhibit avoidance behaviors of areas close to Miami, with residency patterns in these urban areas increasing during periods of lower human activity, such as during nocturnal hours and weekdays, and that dietary specialists (great hammerhead) would exhibit comparatively lower affinity towards highly urbanized areas relative to dietary generalists (bull and nurse shark). However, we did not find empirical support for these predictions. Space use patterns of tracked sharks were consistent with that of ‘urban adapters’ (species that exhibit partial use of urban areas). Modeling also revealed that an unmeasured spatial variable was driving considerable shark residency in areas exposed to high urbanization. We propose several hypotheses that could explain our findings, including food provisioning from shore-based activities that could be attracting sharks to urban areas. Ultimately, the lack of avoidance of urban areas by sharks documented here, as compared to terrestrial carnivores, should motivate future research in the growing field of urban ecology.

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Impacts of a local music festival on fish stress hormone levels and the adjacent underwater soundscape

Cited by 15 publications

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Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement

Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement

Acoustic discrimination in the grey bamboo shark Chiloscyllium griseum

Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis

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