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Noisy Waters Hamper the Pumping Behavior of the Polychaete Lanice conchilega

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Anthropogenic low-frequency noise (LFN) is a continuously growing stressor in our oceans. How this noise affects most groups of marine animals is understudied especially in the case of benthic invertebrates, important ecosystem engineers that rework the sediment in which they live. Here, the effects of acute, continuous LFN on the bioirrigation behavior of Lanice conchilega, a tube-building worm abundant on the North Atlantic coasts, were investigated by tracking sediment oxygen concentrations via microsensor pre- and during exposure. Individuals exhibited lower pumping (tube ventilation) rates when exposed to LFN than when under control conditions. This may signify repercussions for both L. conchilega and the ecosystems it helps maintain. Thus, more research is urgently needed to predict and circumvent potentially adverse scenarios brought about by underwater anthropogenic noise.

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This study was financially supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under grant agreement no. 730984 (Project: ASSEMBLE Plus) granted to JB. SVW is financially supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research under grant no. 03F0911J (Project: Coastal Futures). JB was financially supported by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation under grant no. 3519532201. JB and CVC acknowledge funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research under grant no. 03F0932A (JPI-Oceans Project ORCHESTRA). The responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors.

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  1. Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz, Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Sheng V. Wang & Jan Beermann

  2. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Shelf Sea System Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Helgoland, Germany

    Sheng V. Wang

  3. Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Carl Van Colen

  4. Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Oldenburg, Germany

    Jan Beermann

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  1. Department of Biology, College Park, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

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  3. Marine Research, Loughine, Aberdeen, UK

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Wang, S.V., Van Colen, C., Beermann, J. (2023). Noisy Waters Hamper the Pumping Behavior of the Polychaete Lanice conchilega. In: Popper, A.N., Sisneros, J., Hawkins, A.D., Thomsen, F. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_180-1

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