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Article Dans Une Revue Marine Pollution Bulletin Année : 2021

Potential for acoustic masking due to shipping noise in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus)

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Marine traffic is the most pervasive underwater anthropogenic noise pollution which can mask acoustic communication in marine mammals and fish, but its effect in marine invertebrates remains unknown. Here, we performed an at sea experiment to study the potential of shipping noise to mask and alter lobster acoustic communication. We used hydrophones to record buzzing sounds and accelerometers to detect lobster carapace vibrations (i.e. the buzzing sounds' sources). We demonstrated that male individuals produced carapace vibrations under various ambient noise conditions, including heavy shipping noise. However, while the associated waterborne buzzing sounds could be recorded under natural ambient noise levels, they were masked by shipping noise. Additionally, lobsters significantly increased their call rates in presence of shipping noise, suggesting a vocal compensation due to the reduction of intraspecific communication. This study reports for the first time the potential acoustic masking of lobster acoustic communication by chronic anthropogenic noise pollution, which could affect ecologically important behaviors.

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hal-03840619 , version 1 (31-10-2023)

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Youenn Jézéquel, Julien Bonnel, Laurent Chauvaud. Potential for acoustic masking due to shipping noise in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021, 173, pp.112934. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112934⟩. ⟨hal-03840619⟩
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