Noise pollution on coral reefs?—A yet underestimated threat to coral reef communities

C Ferrier-Pagès, MC Leal, R Calado, DW Schmid… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Noise pollution is an anthropogenic stressor that is increasingly recognized for its negative
impact on the physiology, behavior and fitness of marine organisms. Driven by the recent …

Reflections on the ecosystem services of whales and valuing their contribution to human well-being

D Cook, L Malinauskaite, B Davíðsdóttir… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although whale ecosystem services have been scarcely explored in the academic literature,
they illustrate many of the threats, trade-offs and decision-making dilemmas common to …

Exploring movement patterns and changing distributions of baleen whales in the western North Atlantic using a decade of passive acoustic data

GE Davis, MF Baumgartner, PJ Corkeron… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Six baleen whale species are found in the temperate western North Atlantic Ocean, with
limited information existing on the distribution and movement patterns for most. There is …

Acoustic indexes for marine biodiversity trends and ecosystem health

N Pieretti, R Danovaro - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Acoustic approaches have been recently proposed to investigate critical ecological issues,
such as biodiversity loss and different typologies of impacts, including climate change …

Advancing the interpretation of shallow water marine soundscapes

MF McKenna, S Baumann-Pickering… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soundscapes offer rich descriptions of composite acoustic environments. Characterizing
marine soundscapes simply through sound levels results in incomplete descriptions, limits …

Round-trip migration and energy budget of a breeding female humpback whale in the Northeast Atlantic

LE Kettemer, AH Rikardsen, M Biuw, F Broms, E Mul… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In the northern hemisphere, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) typically migrate
between summer/autumn feeding grounds at high latitudes, and specific winter/spring …

Variation in blubber cortisol levels in a recovering humpback whale population inhabiting a rapidly changing environment

LJ Pallin, N Botero-Acosta, D Steel, CS Baker… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Glucocorticoids are regularly used as biomarkers of relative health for individuals and
populations. Around the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), baleen whales have and …

Comparing the underwater soundscapes of four US national parks and marine sanctuaries

SM Haver, MEH Fournet, RP Dziak… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Passive acoustic sensors provide a cost-effective tool for monitoring marine environments.
Documenting acoustic conditions among habitats can provide insights into temporal …

Seasonal and diel patterns in singing activity of humpback whales migrating through Bermuda

T Narganes Homfeldt, D Risch, A Stevenson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce song and non-song vocalisations,
which allows their presence to be detected through passive acoustic monitoring. To …

[HTML][HTML] Sleuthing with sound: Understanding vessel activity in marine protected areas using passive acoustic monitoring

LR Kline, AI DeAngelis, C McBride, GG Rodgers… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Monitoring compliance and enforcing laws are integral to ensuring the success of marine
protected areas (MPAs), but traditional monitoring techniques are costly and resource …