Aquatic environments encompass the world's most extensive habitats, rich with sounds
produced by a diversity of animals. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly …

Noise pollution is an anthropogenic stressor that is increasingly recognized for its negative
impact on the physiology, behavior and fitness of marine organisms. Driven by the recent …

Soundscape ecology is the study of the acoustic characteristics of habitats, and aims to
discern contributions from biological and non-biological sound sources. Acoustic …

Fishes have evolved multiple mechanisms for sound production, many of which utilize sonic
muscles that vibrate the swimbladder or the rubbing of bony elements. Sonic muscles are …

Coral reefs provide a wide array of ecosystem services and harbor some of the highest
levels of biodiversity on the planet, but many reefs are in decline worldwide. Tracking …

Coral reef fish communities often include hundreds of sympatric species which are of great
interest to reef conservation and fisheries managers. Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish …

New Caledonia is a Pacific island with a unique biodiversity showing an extreme
microendemism. Many species distributions observed on this island are extremely restricted …

A multitude of direct and indirect human influences have significantly altered the
environmental conditions, composition, and diversity of marine communities. However …

The underwater environment is more and more being depicted as particularly noisy, and the
inventory of calling fishes is continuously increasing. However, it currently remains unknown …

This chapter explores the fishery and biological implications of exploiting aggregating
marine fishes, their general importance to subsistence, commercial, and recreational …