Effects of exposure to pile driving sounds on fish inner ear tissues

Casper, Brandon M.; Smith, Michael E.; Halvorsen, Michele B.; Sun, Huifang; Carlson, Thomas J.; Popper, Arthur N.

doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.07.008

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“…It is relevant to mention that several studies showed no damage after exposure to very intense sounds produced by seismic movements [46], and sonar exercices [47]. It was shown that damage to sensory hair cells in fish after very loud pile driving only occurs at sound levels much louder than those that cause other damage to the fish [48]. …”

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Ultrastructural Damage of Loligo vulgaris and Illex coindetii statocysts after Low Frequency Sound Exposure

Solé¹,

Lenoir

Durfort

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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There is a considerable lack of information concerning marine invertebrate sensitivity to sound exposure. However, recent findings on cuttlefish and octopi showed that exposure to artificial noise had a direct consequence on the functionality and physiology of the statocysts, sensory organs, which are responsible for their equilibrium and movements in the water column. Owing to a lack of available data on deep diving cephalopod species, we conducted a noise exposure comparative experiment on one Mediterranean squid, Illex coindetii, and on the European squid Loligo vulgaris. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed similar injuries in the inner structure of the statocysts, as those found in cuttlefish and octopi. In addition to the ultrastructural description of the lesions, we publish here the first images of the crista-cupula system and inner statocyst cavity of I. coindetii.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ultrastructural Damage of Loligo vulgaris and Illex coindetii statocysts after Low Frequency Sound Exposure

Solé¹,

Lenoir

Durfort

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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“…Noise exposure has been shown to cause temporary hearing threshold shifts (Scholik & Yan 2002, Smith et al 2004, Popper et al 2005) and damage to the auditory systems of fish (McCauley et al 2003, Casper et al 2013). Short-term studies have also revealed other negative impacts, such as increased heart rates (Simpson et al 2005, Graham & Cooke 2008, and elevated cortisol (stress hormone) levels (Santulli et al 1999, Smith et al 2004, Wysocki et al 2006, Nichols et al 2015, Johansson et al 2016.…”

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Effects of motorboat noise on foraging behaviour in Eurasian perch and roach: a field experiment

Magnhagen¹,

Sigray²

2017

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The negative impact of anthropogenic noise on marine animals is receiving increasing attention. In order to study the effect of motorboat noise on foraging behaviour in fish, we chose 2 species with different hearing abilities. The roach Rutilus rutilus has a better developed sense of hearing than the Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis. The study took place in an inlet of the Bothnian Sea where boat traffic is almost absent. Groups of 6 fish were placed in field enclosures containing either one of the species or equal numbers of perch and roach. Half of each enclosure was covered with artificial vegetation. The fish were fed with pieces of saithe twice a day, both with and without the disturbance of an outboard motor. Sound pressure level and particle acceleration were measured for the motor, which was run at 2000 rpm. The trials were repeated for 5 d. Perch made fewer feeding attempts during noise exposure compared to controls in the singlespecies enclosures. As the experiment progressed, they gradually increased feeding and time spent in the open area, both with and without noise, indicating habituation. Habitat utilization was affected by the interaction of noise exposure and day. Roach responded to noise exposure with fewer feeding attempts, higher latency to enter the open area, and longer time spent in the vegetation compared to the controls without noise. Roach behaviour changed with time only when housed together with perch. This study, using authentic sound in a natural habitat, shows that noise exposure may affect the feeding behaviour of fish, that the response is species-specific, and that habituation and the presence of other species may modify the effects.

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“…In addition to the physiological responses to stress observed, noise can mask natural communication (Hawkins and Chapman, 1975) or damage the auditory system (Hastings et al, 1996;Popper et al, 2003;Casper et al, 2013). Luczkovich et al (2012) found that vocal fish of the Sciaenidae family produced fewer vocalizations when ambient noise increased due to vessel and ferry traffic, although this reduction happened only outside the reproductive season.…”

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confidence: 96%