Behavioral Response Of Reef Fish And Green Sea Turtles To Midfrequency Sonar

Keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Fish; Sea turtles; Sonar; Tagging; Telemetry

Abstract

There is growing concern over the potential effects of high-intensity sonar on wild fish populations and commercial fisheries. Acoustic telemetry was employed to measure the movements of free-ranging reef fish and sea turtles in Port Canaveral, FL, in response to routine submarine sonar testing. Twenty-five sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), 28 gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus), and 29 green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) were tagged, with movements monitored for a period of up to 4 months using an array of passive acoustic receivers. Baseline residency was examined for fish and sea turtles before, during, and after the test event. No mortality of tagged fish or sea turtles was evident from the sonar test event. There was a significant increase in the daily residency index for both sheepshead and gray snapper at the testing wharf subsequent to the event. No broad-scale movement from the study site was observed during or immediately after the test.

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volume

875

Number of Pages

1213-1221

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_152

Socpus ID

84948799955 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84948799955

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