What’s all that racket! Soundscapes, phenology, and biodiversity in estuaries
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There is now clear evidence that climate change affects terrestrial and marine ecosystems and can cause phenological shifts in behavior. Utilizing sound to demonstrate phenology is gaining popularity in terrestrial environments. In marine ecosystems, this technique is yet to be used due to a lack of multiyear datasets. Our study demonstrates soundscape phenology in an estuary using a six-year dataset. In this study, we showed that an increase in acoustic activity of snapping shrimp and certain fish species occurred earlier in years with warmer springs. In addition, we combined passive acoustics and traditional sampling methods (seines) and detected positive relationships between temporal patterns of the soundscape and biodiversity. This study shows that passive acoustics can provide information on the ecological response of estuaries to climate variability.
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Time series of acoustic activity reveal earlier onsets of chorusing in warmer years, altered dawn chorus timing, and changes in daily calling patterns, all reflecting ecosystem-level responses to climate change.
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- Authors
- Monczak, A., McKinney, B., Mueller, C., & Montie, E. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- University of South Carolina Beaufort (US)
- Corresponding author
- Monczak, Agnieszka
- McKinney, Bradshaw
- Mueller, Claire
- Montie, Eric W.
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2020-09-03
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- e0236874
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7470342
- OpenAlex
- W3083382724
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3
- FWCI
- 1.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NOAA Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- University of South Carolina
- South Carolina EPSCoR
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NA16NOS0120028)
- U.S. Children's Bureau
- Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Keywords
- estuaries, passive acoustic monitoring, snapping shrimp, climate change, spring warming, biodiversity, acoustic activity
- MeSH terms
- Geography, Pressure, Probability, Seasons, Sound, South Carolina, Species Specificity, Temperature, Time Factors, Water, Biodiversity, Estuaries
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