Seagrass Posidonia is impaired by human-generated noise

Marta Solé; Marc Lenoir; Mercè Durfort; José-Manuel Fortuño; Mike van der Schaar; Steffen De Vreese; Michel André

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02165-3

Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

Seagrass Posidonia is impaired by human-generated noise

Marta Solé,
Marc Lenoir,
Mercè Durfort,
José-Manuel Fortuño,
Mike van der Schaar,
Steffen De Vreese,
Michel André

Affiliations

Marta Solé: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Marc Lenoir: INSERM U.1051, Institute of Neurosciences of Montpellier
Mercè Durfort: Department of Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
José-Manuel Fortuño: Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Mike van der Schaar: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Steffen De Vreese: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Michel André: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02165-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Solé et al. report morphological and ultrastructural changes in seagrass, after exposure to human generated noise. These data suggest that noise pollution can potentially affect the health status of seagrass and thereby contribute to the depletion of seagrass populations.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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