Influence of increasing noise at the offshore wind farm area on fish vocalization phenology: A long-term marine acoustical monitoring off the foremost offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

Autor: Siddagangaiah S; Department of Systems Engineering and Naval Architecture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan. Electronic address: shashi.18j@gmail.com., Chen CF; Underwater Acoustic Laboratory, Department of Engineering Sciences and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan., Hu WC; Underwater Acoustic Laboratory, Department of Engineering Sciences and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan., Erbe C; Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia., Pieretti N; Independent Researcher, via del Turismo 44, Recanati, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2024 Nov; Vol. 208, pp. 116969. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 18.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116969
Abstrakt: The rapid increase of offshore projects at Taiwan Strait in recent decade has been debated for elevated noise levels. However, there are no studies on long-term assessment of noise levels and impact of noise on marine organisms. The passive acoustic monitoring was conducted at the foremost wind farm area in Taiwan to assess the sound levels and the impact of noise on fish vocalization behavior. Predominately, in the soundscape around the Taiwan Strait, two chorusing types (Type 1 and Type 2) from the Sciaenid family of fishes exist. Ambient sound levels significantly increased from 2014 to 2019, while the chorusing Types 1 and 2 were observed in a lower percentage of the recordings. Additionally, chorusing peak intensity and duration significantly reduced over the years for both choruses. This is the first field-based evidence to demonstrate the consequences of increasing anthropogenic noise having the potential to alter the vocalization behavior of the fish.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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