First basin scale spatial–temporal characterization of underwater sound in the Mediterranean Sea

Autor: Marta Picciulin, Antonio Petrizzo, Fantina Madricardo, Andrea Barbanti, Mauro Bastianini, Ilaria Biagiotti, Sofia Bosi, Michele Centurelli, Antonio Codarin, Ilaria Costantini, Vlado Dadić, Raffaela Falkner, Thomas Folegot, Daphnie Galvez, Iole Leonori, Stefano Menegon, Hrvoje Mihanović, Stipe Muslim, Alice Pari, Sauro Pari, Grgur Pleslić, Marko Radulović, Nikolina Rako-Gospić, Davide Sabbatini, Jaroslaw Tegowski, Predrag Vukadin, Michol Ghezzo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49567-3
Popis: Abstract Anthropogenic underwater noise is an emergent pollutant. Despite several worldwide monitoring programs, only few data are available for the Mediterranean Sea, one of the global biodiversity hotspots. The results of the first continuous acoustic programme run at a transnational basin scale in the Mediterranean Sea are here presented. Recordings were done from March 2020 to June 2021, including the COVID-19 lockdown, at nine stations in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Spatial–temporal variations of the underwater sound are described, having one third octave band sound pressure levels (SPLs) from 10 Hz to 20 kHz as metrics. Higher and more variable SPLs, mainly related to vessel traffic, were found close to harbours, whereas Natura 2000 stations experienced lower SPLs. Lower values were recorded during the lockdown in five stations. Median yearly SPLs ranged between 64 and 95 as well as 70 and 100 dB re 1 µPa for 63 and 125 Hz bands, respectively. These values are comparable with those previously found in busy shallow EU basins but higher levels are expected during a business-as-usual period. This is a baseline assessment for a highly impacted and environmental valuable area, that needs to be managed in a new sustainable blue growth strategy.
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