Abstract
The ecological impacts of increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in marine and freshwater systems are of growing public interest. Recent emphasis on the physiological approaches to identifying the impacts of noise has led to increased recognition that anthropogenic noise is an environmental stressor. We briefly review the research on noise-induced physiological stress. Additionally, we summarize findings from a controlled playback experiment that explored the relationship between traffic noise and physiological stress in anurans (frogs and toads), an aquatic group that relies on acoustic communication for survival and reproduction.
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This work was funded by an Academic Computing Fellowship from The Pennsylvania State University to Jennifer B. Tennessen and by National Science Foundation Grant IOS-1051367 to Tracy Langkilde. This research was approved by The Pennsylvania State University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (No. 33346), the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (No. 638, Type 1), and the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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Tennessen, J.B., Parks, S.E., Langkilde, T.L. (2016). Anthropogenic Noise and Physiological Stress in Wildlife. In: Popper, A., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 875. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_142
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