Anthropogenic noise increases fish mortality by predation

Little evidence exists on whether human-generated noise directly affects survival of wildlife. Here, Simpson et al. show that damselfish exposed to motorboat noise have elevated metabolic rates, reduced responses to predatory attacks, and suffer increased predation compared to fish in ambient condit...

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Main Authors: Stephen D. Simpson, Andrew N. Radford, Sophie L. Nedelec, Maud C. O. Ferrari, Douglas P. Chivers, Mark I. McCormick, Mark G. Meekan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3f57011187c04a65973268cd844e08a7
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