Anthropogenic noise and the bioacoustics of terrestrial invertebrates

Raboin, Maggie; Elias, Damian O.

doi:10.1242/jeb.178749

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“…at distances less than a few tens of centimetres from the source. This hypothesis is consistent with the close-range communication well described in terrestrial arthropods (Raboin and Elias, 2019). Here, we did not measure or model the acoustic particle motion field in the behavioural area as this was out of the scope of the study.…”

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confidence: 77%

Acoustic behaviour of male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) during agonistic encounters

Jézéquel

Coston‐Guarini

Chauvaud

et al. 2020

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Previous studies have demonstrated that male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) use chemical and visual signals as a means of intraspecific communication during agonistic encounters. In this study, we show that they also produce buzzing sounds during these encounters. This result was missed in earlier studies because low-frequency buzzing sounds are highly attenuated in tanks, and are thus difficult to detect with hydrophones. To address this issue, we designed a behavioural tank experiment using hydrophones, with accelerometers placed on the lobsters to directly detect their carapace vibrations (i.e. the sources of the buzzing sounds). While we found that both dominant and submissive individuals produced carapace vibrations during every agonistic encounter, very few of the associated buzzing sounds (15%) were recorded by the hydrophones. This difference is explained by their high attenuation in tanks. We then used the method of algorithmic complexity to analyse the carapace vibration sequences as call-and-response signals between dominant and submissive individuals. Even though some intriguing patterns appeared for closely size-matched pairs (<5 mm carapace length difference), the results of the analysis did not permit us to infer that the processes underlying these sequences could be differentiated from random ones. Thus, such results prevented any conclusions about acoustic communication. This concurs with both the high attenuation of the buzzing sounds during the experiments and the poor understanding of acoustic perception by lobsters. New approaches that circumvent tank acoustic issues are now required to validate the existence of acoustic communication in lobsters.

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confidence: 77%

Acoustic behaviour of male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) during agonistic encounters

Jézéquel

Coston‐Guarini

Chauvaud

et al. 2020

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…Previous studies have suggested that air particle movement is probably used by many insects and arthropods (Barth, Humphrey, Wastl, Halbritter, & Brittinger, 1995;Cator, Ng'Habi, Hoy, & Harrington, 2010;Klopsch, Kuhlmann, & Barth, 2013;Lapshin & Vorontsov, 2017;Santer & Hebets, 2008;Santer & Hebets, 2011;Shimozawa & Kanou, 1984). Some argue that the ability of animals to use air particle movements to guide behaviour has been dramatically underestimated (Barth & H€ oller, 1999;Bathellier, Steinmann, Barth, & Casas, 2012;Klopsch et al, 2013;Raboin & Elias, 2019;Shamble et al, 2016). In line with this suggestion, Rundus et al (2010) previously suggested that the air particle movement generated by the leg waving during S. retrorsa courtship may play a role in courtship signalling.…”

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A mismatch between signal transmission efficacy and mating success calls into question the function of complex signals

Choi

Bern²,

Elias

et al. 2019

Animal Behaviour

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Variation in transmission characteristics of signalling environments is hypothesized to influence the evolution of signalling behaviour, signal form and sensory systems of animals. However, many animals communicate across multiple signalling environments, raising the possibility that some displays have evolved explicitly to enable communication across heterogeneous signalling environments. In the present paper, we explored multiple potential impacts of the signalling environment on courtship displays in the wolf spider Schizocosa retrorsa. Males of this species court females on a range of substrate types using a combination of vibratory and visual signals. Through a series of experiments, we investigated (1) activity patterns and male microhabitat use, (2) component-specific vibratory signal transmission across natural substrate types and (3) copulation success across substrate types and light levels. We found that, in the laboratory, (1) female and male S. retrorsa are most active during daylight hours, and mature males resided and courted most on leaf litter, as compared to their natural habitat types of pine litter or sand; (2) male vibratory courtship signals transmitted best on leaf litter, yet (3) males obtained the highest copulation success on sand, regardless of light level. Our results demonstrate that copulation in S. retrorsa is more likely to occur in environments with suboptimal vibratory signal transmission, irrespective of visual signal transmission. We suggest that these results point to (1) a minor role of bimodal (vibratory and visual) courtship signalling in S. retrorsa, (2) the importance of an additional signalling modality (most likely air particle movement), (3) a role of other substrate-dependent factors (e.g. predation risk), and/or (4) a reversed female preference for vibratory signalling.

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“…In addition, one review on the impact of ship noise on marine mammals includes a systematic literature search [96]. Two non-systematic reviews can also be cited, one about invertebrates [97] and the other about fishes [98].…”

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Evidence of the impact of noise pollution on biodiversity: a systematic map

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Background Ecological research now deals increasingly with the effects of noise pollution on biodiversity. Indeed, many studies have shown the impacts of anthropogenic noise and concluded that it is potentially a threat to the persistence of many species. The present work is a systematic map of the evidence of the impacts of all anthropogenic noises (industrial, urban, transportation, etc.) on biodiversity. This report describes the mapping process and the evidence base with summary figures and tables presenting the characteristics of the selected articles. Methods The method used was published in an a priori protocol. Searches included peer-reviewed and grey literature published in English and French. Two online databases were searched using English terms and search consistency was assessed with a test list. Supplementary searches were also performed (using search engines, a call for literature and searching relevant reviews). Articles were screened through three stages (titles, abstracts, full-texts). No geographical restrictions were applied. The subject population included all wild species (plants and animals excluding humans) and ecosystems. Exposures comprised all types of man-made sounds in terrestrial and aquatic media, including all contexts and sound origins (spontaneous or recorded sounds, in situ or laboratory studies, etc.). All relevant outcomes were considered (space use, reproduction, communication, etc.). Then, for each article selected after full-text screening, metadata were extracted on key variables of interest (species, types of sound, outcomes, etc.). Review findings Our main result is a database that includes all retrieved literature on the impacts of anthropogenic noise on species and ecosystems, coded with several markers (sources of noise, species concerned, types of impacts, etc.). Our search produced more than 29,000 articles and 1794 were selected after the three screening stages (1340 studies (i.e. primary research), 379 reviews, 16 meta-analyses). Some articles (n = 19) are written in French and all others are in English. This database is available as an additional file of this report. It provides an overview of the current state of knowledge. It can be used for primary research by identifying knowledge gaps or in view of further analysis, such as systematic reviews. It can also be helpful for scientists and researchers as well as for practitioners, such as managers of transportation infrastructure. Conclusion The systematic map reveals that the impacts of anthropogenic noises on species and ecosystems have been researched for many years. In particular, some taxonomic groups (mammals, birds, fishes), types of noise (transportation, industrial, abstract) and outcomes (behavioural, biophysiological, communication) have been studied more than others. Conversely, less knowledge is available on certain species (amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates), noises (recreational, military, urban) and impacts (space use, reproduction, ecosystems). The map does not assess the impacts of anthropogenic noise, but it can be the starting point for more thorough synthesis of evidence. After a critical appraisal, the included reviews and meta-analyses could be exploited, if reliable, to transfer the already synthesized knowledge into operational decisions to reduce noise pollution and protect biodiversity.

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Anthropogenic noise and the bioacoustics of terrestrial invertebrates

Cited by 36 publications

References 160 publications

Acoustic behaviour of male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) during agonistic encounters

Acoustic behaviour of male European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) during agonistic encounters

A mismatch between signal transmission efficacy and mating success calls into question the function of complex signals

Evidence of the impact of noise pollution on biodiversity: a systematic map

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