A noisy spring: The impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 419-427

  Slabbekoorn, Hans ^a   Bouton, Niels ^b   van Opzeeland, Ilse ^c   Coers, Aukje ^d   ten Cate, Carel ^a   Popper, Arthur N ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Pelagic Regional Advisory Council   (Netherlands)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BIOTIC FACTOR; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NOISE POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; UNDERWATER NOISE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEARING; HUMAN; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW; SEASON; SOUND;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HEARING; HUMANS; NOISE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SOUND;

EID: 77954834259     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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