...Daniel Alves; Manuel Vieira; M. Clara P. Amorim; Paulo J. Fonseca ABSTRACT Anthropogenic noise is considered a major underwater pollutant as increasing ocean background noise due to human activities is impacting aquatic organisms. One of the most prevalent anthropogenic sounds is boat noise...

... urbanization of these waters, this species is subject to a wide range of anthropogenic noise pollution. Concerns that C. striata are negatively affected by pile driving and construction noise predominate in areas earmarked for energy development. However, as yet, the hearing range of C. striata is unknown...

...Saana Isojunno; Paul J. Wensveen; Frans-Peter A. Lam; Petter H. Kvadsheim; Alexander M. von Benda-Beckmann; Lucía M. Martín López; Lars Kleivane; Eilidh M. Siegal; Patrick J. O. Miller ABSTRACT Anthropogenic noise sources range from intermittent to continuous, with seismic and navy sonar technology...

... that the startle reflex is conserved in odontocetes and follows similar principles as in terrestrial mammals. These principles should be considered when assessing and mitigating the effects of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals. References Au , W. W. L. ( 1993 ). The Sonar of Dolphins . New York...

... as ambient noise increases, but not enough to maintain the same effective range in increasing noise and with a smaller degree of compensation for individually distinctive signature whistles compared with non-signature whistles. Cetacean Signature whistle Communication Anthropogenic noise Masking...

... life history and further assess these species' vulnerability to anthropogenic noise. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. 4 2 2019 1 7 2019 © 2019. Published by The Company...

..., 1989 ) and other non-impulsive anthropogenic noise ( Baker et al., 1983 ; McCauley et al., 1996 ), our expectation was that most avoidance responses would occur at SPLs of ∼120–140 dB re. 1 µPa. However, exploratory analyses conducted after the first season indicated that the subject whales were...

... results of humpback whales to air guns. Anthropogenic noise Behavioural response study Received level Humpback whale Seismic air gun A dose–response relationship quantifies the magnitude, or probability, of the response of an animal in relation to the dose of some stimulus or stressor...

.... and Kunc , H. P. ( 2013 ). Phenotypic plasticity affects the response of a sexually selected trait to anthropogenic noise . Behav. Ecol.   24 , 343 - 348 . 10.1093/beheco/ars169 Nakatani , T. and Irino , T. ( 2004 ). Robust and accurate fundamental frequency estimation based...

...Jinhong Luo; B.-Markus Clarin; Ivailo M. Borissov; Björn M. Siemers Anthropogenic noise has a negative impact on a variety of animals. However, many bat species roost in places with high levels of anthropogenic noise. Here, we tested the hypothesis that torpid bats are insensitive to anthropogenic...

... sounds anthropogenic noise humpback whales Acoustic playback experiments, ‘behavioural response studies’ (BRS) and ‘controlled exposure experiments’ (CEE) seek to identify and describe potential responses of animals to natural or synthetic acoustic stimuli. Playback experiments (in which animal...

.... * Author for correspondence at present address: Loggerhead Marinelife Center, 14200 US Highway One, Juno Beach, FL 33408, USA ( [email protected] ) 28 9 2011 25 4 2012 © 2012. 2012 bioacoustics auditory brainstem response sound Testudines anthropogenic noise...

...Dalal Hanna; Gabriel Blouin-Demers; David R. Wilson; Daniel J. Mennill SUMMARY Anthropogenic noise can mask animal signals that are crucial for communicating information about food, predators and mating opportunities. In response to noise masking, signallers can potentially improve acoustic signal...

... efficiency of their songs, which may be critical to reproductive success. Consequently, anthropogenic noise may be detrimental to individual birds and to populations in cities and along highways. Several bird species that are still common in urban areas have been shown to sing at higher frequency...

... with anthropogenic noise and foraging behaviour. We chose the greater mouse-eared bat ( Myotis myotis ) as a model species because it represents the especially vulnerable group of gleaning bats that rely on listening for prey rustling sounds to find food (i.e. `passive listening'). In a choice experiment with two...