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An international scientific study shows that noise from human operations at sea damages marine invertebrates and ocean ecosystems.
Invertebrates use sound for their vital activities, such as communication, predator detection, reproduction.
Sound travels about five times faster in water (ca. 1,500 m/s) than in air because the density of water is greater, and attenuates less over the same distance.
Sound pollution at sea can even cause death in some marine species.
The study summarizes the current scientific knowledge on invertebrate bioacoustics (sound production, reception, sensitivity) and on how marine invertebrates are affected by anthropogenic noises.
It also identifies gaps in knowledge on the noise tolerance of marine ecosystems, concluding that more research is needed.
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