Effects of aquaculture production noise on hearing, growth, and disease resistance of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Wysocki, Lidia Eva; Davidson, John; Smith, Michael E.; Frankel, Adam S.; Ellison, William T.; Mazik, Patricia M.; Popper, Arthur N.; Bebak, Julie

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.07.225

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“…A previous study showed that fish exposed to ecotourism tend to have higher cortisol levels than fish that are protected from sound (Oliveira, Canário, & Bshary, 1999), which suggests these fish are stressed. Snapper (Caiger, Montgomery, & Radford, 2012) show a similar hearing ability to rainbow trout (Wysocki, Davidson, Smith, & Frankel, 2007), with greatest sensitivity to low‐frequency sounds (<400 Hz). Rainbow trout showed no effect of hearing loss after being exposed to sounds up to 150 dB re 1 μPa, therefore the exposure level of motorboat sound (125 dB re 1 μPa) in the present study is significantly less and unlikely to have caused any significant hearing damage to the protected fish.…”

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The effect of motorboat sound on Australian snapper Pagrus auratus inside and outside a marine reserve

Mensinger

Putland

Radford

2018

Ecology and Evolution

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Human‐generated sound affects hearing, movement, and communication in both aquatic and terrestrial animals, but direct natural underwater behavioral observations are lacking. Baited underwater video (BUV) were deployed in near shore waters adjacent to Goat Island in the Cape Rodney–Okakari Point Marine Reserve (protected) or outside the reserve approximately four km south in Mathesons Bay (open), New Zealand to determine the natural behavior of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus exposed to motorboat sound. BUVs worked effectively at bringing fish into video range to assess the effects of sound. The snapper inhabiting the protected area showed no behavioral response to motorboat transits; however, fish in the open zones either scattered from the video frame or decreased feeding activity during boat presence. Our study suggests that motorboat sound, a common source of anthropogenic activity in the marine environment can affect fish behavior differently depending on the status of their habitat (protected versus open).

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The effect of motorboat sound on Australian snapper Pagrus auratus inside and outside a marine reserve

Mensinger

Putland

Radford

2018

Ecology and Evolution

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“…A relatively old study, in which the acoustics of the experiments were poorly controlled and calibrated, suggested lower egg viability and reduced larval growth rates in noisy fish tanks compared to more quiet control tanks [35]. A more recent and better study on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), exposed to realistic noise levels for fish tanks in an aquaculture facility [36] showed no impact on growth, survival, or susceptibility to disease, even over nine months of exposure [31]. However, given the very limited number of species investigated, it is not clear whether one can extrapolate from captive rainbow trout to other species that may differ in hearing ability and in the extent they depend on sound for natural activities.…”

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A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

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Bouton

Opzeeland

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Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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“…The AEP recording protocol closely followed the one described in Wysocki et al (Wysocki et al, 2007) therefore only a brief description is given here. Fish were mildly immobilized during the hearing tests with an intra-muscular injection of Flaxedil (gallamine triethiodide, Sigma Chemical Co., St Louis, MO, USA) at doses of 1.5±0.05 μg g -1 body mass for I. punctatus and 2.0±0.12 μg g -1 body mass for P. pictus.…”

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“…Sound pressure levels of tone-burst stimuli were reduced in 4 dB steps until the AEP waveform was no longer apparent. The lowest sound pressure level for which a repeatable AEP trace could be obtained, as determined by overlaying replicate traces, was considered the threshold (Kenyon et al, 1998;Wysocki et al, 2007).…”

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The influence of ambient temperature and thermal acclimation on hearing in a eurythermal and a stenothermal otophysan fish

Wysocki

Montey

Popper

2009

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARY Being ectothermic, fish body temperature generally depends on ambient water temperature. Thus, ambient temperature might affect various sensory systems,including hearing, as a result of metabolic and physiological processes. However, the maintenance of sensory functions in a changing environment may be crucial for an animal's survival. Many fish species rely on hearing for acoustic orientation and communication. In order to investigate the influence of temperature on the auditory system, channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus was chosen as a model for a eurytherm species and the tropical catfish Pimelodus pictus as a model for a stenotherm fish. Hearing sensitivity was measured with animals acclimated or unacclimated to different water temperatures. Ambient water temperature significantly influenced hearing thresholds and the shape of auditory evoked potentials, especially at higher frequencies in I. punctatus. Hearing sensitivity of I. punctatus was lowest at 10°C and increased by up to 36 dB between 10°C and 26°C. Significant differences were also revealed between acclimated and unacclimated animals after an increase in water temperature but not a decrease. By contrast, differences in hearing thresholds were smaller in P. pictus, even if a similar temperature difference (8°C) was considered. However, P. pictus showed a similar trend as I. punctatus in exhibiting higher hearing sensitivity at the highest tested temperature, especially at the highest frequency tested. The results therefore suggest that the functional temperature dependence of sensory systems may differ depending upon whether a species is physiologically adapted to tolerate a wide or narrow temperature range.

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Effects of aquaculture production noise on hearing, growth, and disease resistance of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Cited by 116 publications

References 37 publications

The effect of motorboat sound on Australian snapper Pagrus auratus inside and outside a marine reserve

The effect of motorboat sound on Australian snapper Pagrus auratus inside and outside a marine reserve

A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

The influence of ambient temperature and thermal acclimation on hearing in a eurythermal and a stenothermal otophysan fish

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