Responses of cetaceans to anthropogenic noise

By Douglas Nowacek, L. Thorne, David W. Johnston, P. Tyack. 2007

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography

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Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs (2014, background): “Underwater noise pollution causes behavioural, acoustic and physiological responses in cetaceans that can lead to impacts on populations (Nowacek et al., 2007).”
Vessel noise effects on delphinid communication (2009, background): “Marine organisms are exposed to an array of human pollutants, including increasing levels of anthropogenic noise (Nowacek et al. 2007, Weilgart 2007, Tyack 2008).”
The impacts of anthropogenic ocean noise on cetaceans and implications for management (2007, background): “While Nowacek et al. (2007) emphasized that displacement may not be of significance to cetaceans, disturbingly, they did not address the opposite condition, where a lack of displacement should not mean that cetaceans are thriving.”
Behavioral biology of marine mammal deterrents: A review and prospectus (2013, background): “Marine mammals may avoid anthropogenic sounds (Kastelein et al., 2008; Morton and Symonds, 2002; Nowacek et al., 2007) and thus sounds have been used to manage marine mammal/fishery conflict.”
Noise negatively affects foraging and antipredator behaviour in shore crabs (2013, background): “To date, the vast majority of studies investigating potential impacts of underwater anthropogenic noise have been conducted on vertebrates (Nowacek et al. 2007; Popper & Hastings 2009; Slabbekoorn et al. 2010).”
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus in the Mediterranean Sea (2011, background): “…(Alegre t al., 1996; Alonso et al., 1999; Stanzani et al., 2006; Marcer et al., 008). oise and direct disturbance There is growing evidence that prolonged direct (or physial) disturbance and noise caused by boat traffic can affect the ehaviour and habitat use of cetaceans (Nowacek et al., 2007).”
Measuring acoustic habitats (2015, methodology): “In both domains, this noise can mask acoustic cues (Brumm & Slabbekoorn 2005; Clark et al. 2009) and elicit behavioural responses (Sun&Narins 2005;Nowacek et al. 2007), with the potential to cause chronic physiological stress (Rolland et al. 2012; Francis & Barber 2013) and wider effects on…”
Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life : publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management (2015, background): “This is unsurprising, given the high profile of cases when beaked whales (Family Ziphiidae) are exposed to anthropogenic sonar (Jepson et al., 2003; Nowacek et al., 2007).”
Using at-sea experiments to study the effects of airguns on the foraging behavior of sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico (2009, background): “To date, however, no controlled studies on the effects of airguns on sperm whales have been conducted, and it remains unknown how individual sperm whales might respond to airguns firing nearby (Nowacek et al., 2007).”
A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife (2016, background): “Furthermore, determining the scale and extent of disturbance involves carefully measuring characteristics of the sound source, such as duration (chronic, intermittent), frequency content, and intensity (Nowacek et al., 2007; Southall et al., 2007; Francis & Barber, 2013; Gill et al., 2015).”
Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea (2009, background): “seismic surveys, dredging, drilling, underwater explosions, and the use of military or other sonars – is also a cause for concern (Richardson et al., 1995; Nowacek et al., 2007).”
A New Framework for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals in a Rapidly Changing Arctic (2012, background): “…the focus of numerous scientific reviews and workshops over the past 40 years (e.g., Payne and Webb 1971, Fletcher and Busnel 1978, Richardson et al. 1995, NRC 2005 and the citations therein, MMC 2007, Nowacek et al. 2007, Southall et al. 2007, Weilgart 2007, Tyack 2008, Southall and Nowacek 2009).”
Noise Levels of Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Implications for Potential Underwater Impacts on Marine Mammals (2016, background): “…include behavioral changes (e.g., avoidance behavior), physiological effects (e.g., stress and hearing impairment), masking of communication and echolocation signals and changes in vocalizations (for reviews see Richardson et al., 1995; NRC, 2005; Nowacek et al., 2007; Tougaard et al., 2015).”