Effects of Pile Driving on the Residency and Movement of Tagged Reef Fish

Autor: Joseph D. Iafrate, Georges A. Dossot, Stephanie L. Watwood, Steven E. Crocker, Eric A. Reyier, Douglas M. Scheidt
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
Time Factors
Coral reef fish
games.playing_card_game
lcsh:Medicine
Marine and Aquatic Sciences
Water Columns
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
Geographical locations
Sound exposure
0302 clinical medicine
Telemetry
030212 general & internal medicine
lcsh:Science
Sound (geography)
Multidisciplinary
geography.geographical_feature_category
biology
Wharf
Behavior
Animal
Animal Behavior
Ecology
Physics
Lutjanus griseus
Fishes
Sheepshead
Physical Sciences
Vertebrates
Florida
Sound Pressure
Pile
Research Article
Movement
03 medical and health sciences
Sea Water
Animals
games
geography
Behavior
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
lcsh:R
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
Acoustics
Archosargus probatocephalus
biology.organism_classification
United States
Perciformes
Fishery
Acoustic Stimulation
North America
Earth Sciences
Reefs
Environmental science
lcsh:Q
People and places
Hydrology
Zoology
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 11, p e0163638 (2016)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: The potential effects of pile driving on fish populations and commercial fisheries have received significant attention given the prevalence of pile driving occurring in coastal habitats throughout the world. Behavioral impacts of sound generated from these activities on fish typically have a greater area of influence than physical injury, and may therefore adversely affect a greater portion of the local population. This study used acoustic telemetry to assess the movement, residency, and survival of 15 sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) and 10 grey snapper (Lutjanus griseus) in Port Canaveral, Florida, USA, in response to 35 days of pile driving at a wharf complex. No obvious signs of mortality or injury to tagged fish were evident from the data. Received sound pressure levels from pile strikes on the interior of the wharf, where reef fish primarily occur, were on average 152-157 dB re 1 μPa (peak). No significant decrease in sheepshead daytime residency was observed during pile driving within the central portion of the wharf and area of highest sound exposure, and no major indicators of displacement from the exposure wharf with the onset of pile driving were observed. There was evidence of potential displacement from the exposure wharf that coincided with the start of pile driving observed for 2 out of 4 grey snapper, along with a decrease in daytime residency for a subset of this species with high site fidelity prior to the event. Results indicate that snapper may be more likely to depart an area of pile driving disturbance more readily than sheepshead, but were less at risk for behavioral impact given the lower site fidelity of this species.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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