The question we addressed in this study is whether oyster toadfish respond to vessel disturbances by calling less when vessels with lower frequency spectra are present in a sound recording and afterward. Long-term data recorders were deployed at the Neuse (high vessel-noise site) and Pamlico (low vessel-noise site) Rivers. There were many fewer toadfish detections at the high vessel-noise site than the low-noise station. Calling rates were lower in the high-boat traffic area, suggesting that toadfish cannot call over loud vessel noise, reducing the overall calling rate, and may have to call more often when vessels are not present.
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Luczkovich, J. J., Krahforst, C. S., Hoppe, H., & Sprague, M. W. (2016). Does vessel noise affect oyster toadfish calling rates? In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Vol. 875, pp. 647–653). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_78
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