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MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 35-40Publisher
MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOC INC
DOI: 10.4031/002533203787537050
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Anthropogenic sound in the marine environment continues to inprease. Sound sources range from increased vessel traffic-to transient but intense sounds such as those produced by seismic. air guns, pile driving, or some. sonars. While most interest in anthropogenic sounds has focused on marine mammals, there, is an increasing concern regarding the impact of such sounds on fishes and marine invertebrates. Since the inner ear hearing receptors of fishes,are similar to those of marine mammals, any effects,seen on the hearing receptors of marine mammals may also be found in fishes and vice versa. Despite increasing interest in the effects of sounds on fishes, this issue has only been addressed on the most limited scale. Here we review the current literature,in this area. It has been reported that high sound levels can damage the inner ear sensory cells, produce hearing loss (threshold shifts), elicit stress responses, and alter the behavior of fishes. At least in terms of hearing loss, these effects are modulated by exposure sound level and duration. The effects of various types of sound (e.g., impulsive vs. continuous) and long-term impacts of how anthropogenic sounds affect the behavior and ecology of fishes need exploration in the future.
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