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dc.contributor.authorDay, R.D.
dc.contributor.authorMcCauley, Robert
dc.contributor.authorFitzgibbon, Q.P.
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, K.
dc.contributor.authorSemmens, J.M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-30T03:31:34Z
dc.date.available2020-07-30T03:31:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationDay, R.D. and McCauley, R.D. and Fitzgibbon, Q.P. and Hartmann, K. and Semmens, J.M. 2019. Seismic air guns damage rock lobster mechanosensory organs and impair righting reflex. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1907): Article No. 20191424.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80233
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rspb.2019.1424
dc.description.abstract

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The effects of anthropogenic aquatic noise on marine invertebrates are poorly understood. We investigated the impact of seismic surveys on the righting reflex and statocyst morphology of the palinurid rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, using field-based exposure to air gun signals. Following exposure equivalent to a full-scale commercial assay passing within 100-500 m, lobsters showed impaired righting and significant damage to the sensory hairs of the statocyst. Reflex impairment and statocyst damage persisted over the course of the experiments-up to 365 days post-exposure and did not improved following moulting. These results indicate that exposure to air gun signals caused morphological damage to the statocyst of rock lobsters, which can in turn impair complex reflexes. This damage and impairment adds further evidence that anthropogenic aquatic noise has the potential to harm invertebrates, necessitating a better understanding of possible ecological and economic impacts.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherROYAL SOC
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectBiology
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEvolutionary Biology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subjectjasus edwardsii
dc.subjectspiny lobster
dc.subjectseismic survey
dc.subjectacoustic trauma
dc.subjectanthropogenic aquatic noise
dc.subjectsound pollution
dc.subjectSPINY LOBSTER
dc.subjectJASUS-EDWARDSII
dc.subjectNORWAY LOBSTER
dc.subjectRESPONSES
dc.subjectEXPOSURE
dc.subjectSTATOCYST
dc.subjectNOISE
dc.subjectCRUSTACEAN
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectRECEPTORS
dc.titleSeismic air guns damage rock lobster mechanosensory organs and impair righting reflex
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume286
dcterms.source.number1907
dcterms.source.issn0962-8452
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
dc.date.updated2020-07-30T03:31:33Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidMcCauley, Robert [0000-0002-7401-8751]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 20191424
dcterms.source.eissn1471-2954
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMcCauley, Robert [7102283644]


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