Anthropogenic Noise as a Stressor in Animals: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

By A. Wright, N. A. Soto, A. Baldwin, Melissa Bateson, Colin M. Beale, C. Clark, T. Deak, E. F. Edwards, A. Fernández, A. Godinho and 9 more. 2007

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Marine seismic surveys and ocean noise: time for coordinated and prudent planning (2015, background): “…including those from “intermittent” sounds such as seismic airguns and sounds at relatively low received levels (eg Figure 1), are detrimental in humans and other mammals, affecting hormone systems as well as behavior (eg Warner and Heimstra 1971; Evans 2003; Otten et al. 2004; Wright et al. 2007).”
Noise negatively affects foraging and antipredator behaviour in shore crabs (2013, background): “Acoustic noise, especially if it is loud, persistent, unexpected or novel, has the potential to cause stress (Wysocki et al. 2006;Wright et al. 2007), to distract (Hockey 1970; Chan et al. 2010a) and to mask important sounds (Brumm & Slabbekoorn 2005; Siemers & Schaub 2011; Lowry et al. 2012).”
Acoustic noise reduces foraging success in two sympatric fish species via different mechanisms (2014, background): “First, noise could act as a stressor (Wright et al., 2007), decreasing feeding behaviour by Elsevier Ltd.”