The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean

Carlos M. Duarte; Lucille Chapuis; Shaun P. Collin; Daniel P. Costa; Reny P. Devassy; Victor M. Eguiluz; Christine Erbe; Timothy A. C. Gordon; Benjamin S. Halpern; Harry R. Harding; Michelle N. Havlik; Mark Meekan; Nathan D. Merchant; Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds; Miles Parsons; Milica Predragovic; Andrew N. Radford; Craig A. Radford; Stephen D. Simpson; Hans Slabbekoorn; Erica Staaterman; Ilse C. van Opzeeland; Jana Winderen; Xiangliang Zhang; Francis Juanes

doi:10.1126/science.aba4658

The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean

Carlos M. Duarte, Lucille Chapuis, Shaun P. Collin, Daniel P. Costa, Reny P. Devassy, Victor M. Eguiluz, Christine Erbe, Timothy A. C. Gordon, Benjamin S. Halpern, Harry R. Harding, Michelle N. Havlik, Mark Meekan, Nathan D. Merchant, Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds, Miles Parsons, Milica Predragovic, Andrew N. Radford, Craig A. Radford, Stephen D. Simpson, Hans SlabbekoornErica Staaterman, Ilse C. van Opzeeland, Jana Winderen, Xiangliang Zhang, Francis Juanes

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Abstract

Oceans have become substantially noisier since the Industrial Revolution. Shipping, resource exploration, and infrastructure development have increased the anthrophony (sounds generated by human activities), whereas the biophony (sounds of biological origin) has been reduced by hunting, fishing, and habitat degradation. Climate change is affecting geophony (abiotic, natural sounds). Existing evidence shows that anthrophony affects marine animals at multiple levels, including their behavior, physiology, and, in extreme cases, survival. This should prompt management actions to deploy existing solutions to reduce noise levels in the ocean, thereby allowing marine animals to reestablish their use of ocean sound as a central ecological trait in a healthy ocean.

Original language	English
Article number	eaba4658
Journal	Science
Volume	371
Issue number	6529
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba4658
Publication status	Published - 5 Feb 2021

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Duarte, C. M., Chapuis, L., Collin, S. P., Costa, D. P., Devassy, R. P., Eguiluz, V. M., Erbe, C., Gordon, T. A. C., Halpern, B. S., Harding, H. R., Havlik, M. N., Meekan, M., Merchant, N. D., Miksis-Olds, J. L., Parsons, M., Predragovic, M., Radford, A. N., Radford, C. A., Simpson, S. D., ... Juanes, F. (2021). The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean. Science, 371(6529), [eaba4658]. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba4658

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