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Limiting motorboat noise on coral reefs boosts fish reproductive success. / Nedelec, Sophie L.; Radford, Andrew N.; Gatenby, Peter et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2822, 20.05.2022.

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Nedelec, SL, Radford, AN, Gatenby, P, Davidson, IK, Velasquez Jimenez, L, Travis, M, Chapman, KE, McCloskey, KP, Lamont, TAC, Illing, B, McCormick, MI & Simpson, SD 2022, 'Limiting motorboat noise on coral reefs boosts fish reproductive success', Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, 2822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30332-5

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Nedelec, S. L., Radford, A. N., Gatenby, P., Davidson, I. K., Velasquez Jimenez, L., Travis, M., Chapman, K. E., McCloskey, K. P., Lamont, T. A. C., Illing, B., McCormick, M. I., & Simpson, S. D. (2022). Limiting motorboat noise on coral reefs boosts fish reproductive success. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 2822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30332-5

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Nedelec SL, Radford AN, Gatenby P, Davidson IK, Velasquez Jimenez L, Travis M et al. Limiting motorboat noise on coral reefs boosts fish reproductive success. Nature Communications. 2022 May 20;13(1):2822. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30332-5

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Nedelec, Sophie L. ; Radford, Andrew N. ; Gatenby, Peter et al. / Limiting motorboat noise on coral reefs boosts fish reproductive success. In: Nature Communications. 2022 ; Vol. 13, No. 1.

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abstract = "Anthropogenic noise impacts are pervasive across taxa, ecosystems and the world. Here, we experimentally test the hypothesis that protecting vulnerable habitats from noise pollution can improve animal reproductive success. Using a season-long field manipulation with an established model system on the Great Barrier Reef, we demonstrate that limiting motorboat activity on reefs leads to the survival of more fish offspring compared to reefs experiencing busy motorboat traffic. A complementary laboratory experiment isolated the importance of noise and, in combination with the field study, showed that the enhanced reproductive success on protected reefs is likely due to improvements in parental care and offspring length. Our results suggest noise mitigation could have benefits that carry through to the population-level by increasing adult reproductive output and offspring growth, thus helping to protect coral reefs from human impacts and presenting a valuable opportunity for enhancing ecosystem resilience.",
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