First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise
Although northern bottlenose whales were the most heavily hunted beaked whale, we have little information about this species in its remote habitat of the North Atlantic Ocean. Underwater anthropogenic noise and disruption of their natural habitat may be major threats, given the sensitivity of other...
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author | Miller, Patrick J. O. Kvadsheim, Petter Helgevold Lam, Frans-Peter Alexander Curé, Charlotte Deruiter, S. L. Kleivane, Lars Sivle, Lise Doksæter Ijsselmuide, S. P. Van Visser, Fleur Wensveen, Paul Jacobus Benda-Beckmann, Alexander M. Von López, L. M. Martín Narazaki, T. Hoo, S. K. Hooker, S. K. |
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description | Although northern bottlenose whales were the most heavily hunted beaked whale, we have little information about this species in its remote habitat of the North Atlantic Ocean. Underwater anthropogenic noise and disruption of their natural habitat may be major threats, given the sensitivity of other beaked whales to such noise disturbance. We attached dataloggers to 13 northern bottlenose whales and compared their natural sounds and movements to those of one individual exposed to escalating levels of 1–2 kHz upsweep naval sonar signals. At a received sound pressure level (SPL) of 98 dB re 1 μPa, the whale turned to approach the sound source, but at a received SPL of 107 dB re 1 μPa, the whale began moving in an unusually straight course and then made a near 180° turn away from the source, and performed the longest and deepest dive (94 min, 2339 m) recorded for this species. Animal movement parameters differed significantly from baseline for more than 7 h until the tag fell off 33–36 km away. No clicks were emitted during the response period, indicating cessation of normal echolocation-based foraging. A sharp decline in both acoustic and visual detections of conspecifics after exposure suggests other whales in the area responded similarly. Though more data are needed, our results indicate high sensitivity of this species to acoustic disturbance, with consequent risk from marine industrialization and naval activity. |
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spelling | ftuniveiffel:oai:HAL:hal-02915550v1 2025-01-16T23:42:23+00:00 First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise Miller, Patrick J. O. Kvadsheim, Petter Helgevold Lam, Frans-Peter Alexander Curé, Charlotte Deruiter, S. L. Kleivane, Lars Sivle, Lise Doksæter Ijsselmuide, S. P. Van Visser, Fleur Wensveen, Paul Jacobus Benda-Beckmann, Alexander M. Von López, L. M. Martín Narazaki, T. Hoo, S. K. Hooker, S. K. Unité Mixte de Recherche en Acoustique Environnementale (UMRAE) Université de Lyon-Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement (Cerema)-Université Gustave Eiffel 2015 https://hal.science/hal-02915550 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140484 en eng HAL CCSD The Royal Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1098/rsos.140484 hal-02915550 https://hal.science/hal-02915550 doi:10.1098/rsos.140484 PUBMEDCENTRAL: PMC4632540 ISSN: 2054-5703 Royal Society Open Science https://hal.science/hal-02915550 Royal Society Open Science, 2015, 2 (6), pp.140484. ⟨10.1098/rsos.140484⟩ international ACLI Cerema Propagation [PHYS.MECA.ACOU]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Acoustics [physics.class-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2015 ftuniveiffel https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140484 2023-12-09T22:27:21Z Although northern bottlenose whales were the most heavily hunted beaked whale, we have little information about this species in its remote habitat of the North Atlantic Ocean. Underwater anthropogenic noise and disruption of their natural habitat may be major threats, given the sensitivity of other beaked whales to such noise disturbance. We attached dataloggers to 13 northern bottlenose whales and compared their natural sounds and movements to those of one individual exposed to escalating levels of 1–2 kHz upsweep naval sonar signals. At a received sound pressure level (SPL) of 98 dB re 1 μPa, the whale turned to approach the sound source, but at a received SPL of 107 dB re 1 μPa, the whale began moving in an unusually straight course and then made a near 180° turn away from the source, and performed the longest and deepest dive (94 min, 2339 m) recorded for this species. Animal movement parameters differed significantly from baseline for more than 7 h until the tag fell off 33–36 km away. No clicks were emitted during the response period, indicating cessation of normal echolocation-based foraging. A sharp decline in both acoustic and visual detections of conspecifics after exposure suggests other whales in the area responded similarly. Though more data are needed, our results indicate high sensitivity of this species to acoustic disturbance, with consequent risk from marine industrialization and naval activity. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic HAL Univ-Eiffel (Université Gustave Eiffel) Royal Society Open Science 2 6 140484 |
spellingShingle | international ACLI Cerema Propagation [PHYS.MECA.ACOU]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Acoustics [physics.class-ph] Miller, Patrick J. O. Kvadsheim, Petter Helgevold Lam, Frans-Peter Alexander Curé, Charlotte Deruiter, S. L. Kleivane, Lars Sivle, Lise Doksæter Ijsselmuide, S. P. Van Visser, Fleur Wensveen, Paul Jacobus Benda-Beckmann, Alexander M. Von López, L. M. Martín Narazaki, T. Hoo, S. K. Hooker, S. K. First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
title | First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
title_full | First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
title_fullStr | First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
title_full_unstemmed | First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
title_short | First indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
title_sort | first indications that northern bottlenose whales are sensitive to behavioural disturbance from anthropogenic noise |
topic | international ACLI Cerema Propagation [PHYS.MECA.ACOU]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Acoustics [physics.class-ph] |
topic_facet | international ACLI Cerema Propagation [PHYS.MECA.ACOU]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Acoustics [physics.class-ph] |
url | https://hal.science/hal-02915550 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140484 |