Workshop report: methods to examine behavioral and physiological responses of sea turtles to sound

Harms, Craig A.; Nowacek, Douglas P.; Piniak, Wendy Erin Dow

doi:10.25923/b132-f387

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Workshop report: methods to examine behavioral and physiological responses of sea turtles to sound

2023
By Harms, Craig A. ; Nowacek, Douglas P. ; Piniak, Wendy Erin Dow
Series: OCS Study BOEM 2023-079

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Personal Author:

Harms, Craig A. ; Nowacek, Douglas P. ; Piniak, Wendy Erin Dow
Corporate Authors:

United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. ; North Carolina State University. College of Veterinary Medicine and Center for Marine Sciences and Technology.
Conference Authors:

BOEM-Duke University-North Carolina State University Workshop: Methods to examine behavioral and physiological responses of sea turtles to sound (2021)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
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Additional research is needed to determine the frequencies, sound pressure levels, and exposure durations that may impact the physiology (stress) and behavior of sea turtles (Nelms et al. 2016, Popper et al. 2014). While several studies (Harms et al. 2003, Hoopes et al. 2000, Hunt et al. 2016a, 2016b, 2019, Innis et al. 2007) have examined physiological responses of sea turtles to stressful events (e.g., incidental or directed capture in fishing nets, cold stunning, handling, transport), to our knowledge, no studies have examined physiological (stress) responses of sea turtles to sound. To date, few studies have examined the behavioral responses of sea turtles to sound; however, several of these studies indicate that sea turtles respond behaviorally (diving or changing swim direction/speed) and/or physiologically (behaviors indicating stress or temporary hearing loss) to low-frequency acoustic stimuli (DeRuiter and Larbi Doukara 2012, McCauley et al. 2000, Moein et al. 1994).
Keywords:

Animal Behavior Congresses Ecophysiology Effect Of Human Beings On Research Sea Turtles Animal Behavior Effect Of Human Beings On Sea Turtles
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OCS Study BOEM 2023-079
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/b132-f387
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pdf
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NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service ; NOAA Office of Protected Resources
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Conference Proceeding
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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