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Rossi, Tullio; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Pistevos, Jennifer C A; Connell, Sean D (2016): Lost at sea: ocean acidification undermines larval fish orientation via altered hearing and marine soundscape modification [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868433

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Abstract:
The dispersal of larvae and their settlement to suitable habitat is fundamental to the replenishment of marine populations and the communities in which they live. Sound plays an important role in this process because for larvae of various species, it acts as an orientational cue towards suitable settlement habitat. Because marine sounds are largely of biological origin, they not only carry information about the location of potential habitat, but also information about the quality of habitat. While ocean acidification is known to affect a wide range of marine organisms and processes, its effect on marine soundscapes and its reception by navigating oceanic larvae remains unknown. Here, we show that ocean acidification causes a switch in role of present-day soundscapes from attractor to repellent in the auditory preferences in a temperate larval fish. Using natural CO2 vents as analogues of future ocean conditions, we further reveal that ocean acidification can impact marine soundscapes by profoundly diminishing their biological sound production. An altered soundscape poorer in biological cues indirectly penalizes oceanic larvae at settlement stage because both control and CO2-treated fish larvae showed lack of any response to such future soundscapes. These indirect and direct effects of ocean acidification put at risk the complex processes of larval dispersal and settlement.
Keyword(s):
Animalia; Argyrosomus japonicus; Behaviour; Chordata; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Entire community; Field observation; Growth/Morphology; Laboratory experiment; Nekton; Pelagos; Single species; South Pacific; Temperate
Related to:
Rossi, Tullio; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Pistevos, Jennifer C A; Connell, Sean D (2016): Lost at sea: ocean acidification undermines larval fish orientation via altered hearing and marine soundscape modification. Biology Letters, 12(1), 20150937, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0937
Original version:
Rossi, Tullio; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Pistevos, Jennifer C A; Connell, Sean D (2015): Data from: Lost at sea: ocean acidification undermines larval fish orientation via altered hearing and marine soundscape modification. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4t8c7
Project(s):
Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC)
Coverage:
Latitude: -37.450000 * Longitude: 177.283330
Date/Time Start: 2013-11-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-11-21T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
2 datasets

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  1. Rossi, T; Nagelkerken, I; Pistevos, JCA et al. (2016): Effect of CO2 on larval fish auditory response. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868401
  2. Rossi, T; Nagelkerken, I; Pistevos, JCA et al. (2016): The effect of ocean acidification on marine soundscapes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868432