[en] In oceans, the noise generated by human activities has reached phenomenal proportions, with considerable harmful effects on marine life. Measuring this impact to achieve a sustainable balance for highly vulnerable marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, is a critical environmental policy objective. Here, we demonstrate that anthropogenic noise alters the interactions of a coral reef fish with its environment and how this behavioural response to noise impairs foraging. In situ observations on the Moorea reef revealed that the damselfish Dascyllus emamo reacts to boat passage by moving closer to its coral bommie, considerably reducing the volume of water available to search for prey. Using boat noise playback experiments in microcosms, we studied D. emamo's behaviour and modeled its functional response (FR), which is the relationship between resource use and resource density, when feeding on juvenile shrimps. Similar to field observations, noise reduced D. emamo's spatial occupancy, accompanied by a lower FR, indicating a reduction in predation independent of prey density. Overall, noise-induced behavioural changes are likely to influence predator-prey interaction dynamics and ultimately the fitness of both protagonists. While there is an urgent need to assess the effect of anthropogenic noise on coral reefs, the ecological framework of the FR approach combined with behavioural metrics provides an essential tool for evaluating the cascading effects of noise on nested ecological interactions at the community level.
Research Center/Unit :
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Minier, Lana ; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia, Polynésienne des Eaux, Vitale, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia. Electronic address: lanaminier@gmail.com
Bertucci, Frédéric ; UMR MARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Sète, France
Gay, Tamatoa; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia
Chamot, Zoé ; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia
Turco, Théophile ; ENES Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, University of Saint-Etienne, CRNL, CNRS UMR 5292, Inserm UMR_S 1028, Saint-Etienne, France
Schligler, Jules ; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia
Mills, Suzanne C; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d'Excellence "CORAIL", Perpignan, France, Institut universitaire de France, France
Vidal, Manuel; Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, France
Parmentier, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Sturny, Vincent; Polynésienne des Eaux, Vitale, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia
Mathevon, Nicolas ; ENES Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, University of Saint-Etienne, CRNL, CNRS UMR 5292, Inserm UMR_S 1028, Saint-Etienne, France, Institut universitaire de France, France, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, CHArt Lab, PSL University, Paris, France
Beauchaud, Marilyn ; ENES Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, University of Saint-Etienne, CRNL, CNRS UMR 5292, Inserm UMR_S 1028, Saint-Etienne, France
Lecchini, David; PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia
Médoc, Vincent; ENES Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, University of Saint-Etienne, CRNL, CNRS UMR 5292, Inserm UMR_S 1028, Saint-Etienne, France
We would like to thank the staff of Polyn\u00E9sienne des Eaux. This work was supported by the Fondation de France (2019\u201308602), the Office Fran\u00E7ais de la Biodiversit\u00E9 (AFB/2019/385 \u2013 OFB.20.0888), the Polyn\u00E9sienne des Eaux, the projects ANR-19-CE34-0006-Manini and ANR-19-CE14-0010-SENSO, the ANRT grant (CIFRE 2021/1268), the University of Saint-Etienne and the Institut universitaire de France.We would like to thank the staff of Polyn\u00E9sienne des Eaux. This work was supported by the Fondation de France (2019-08602), the Office Fran\u00E7ais de la Biodiversit\u00E9 (AFB/2019/385 \u2013 OFB.20.0888), the Polyn\u00E9sienne des Eaux, the projects ANR-19-CE34-0006-Manini and ANR-19-CE14-0010-SENSO, the ANRT grant (CIFRE 2021/1268), the University of Saint-Etienne and the Institut universitaire de France.
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