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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Noise Pollution Harms Fish Populations, Locations, Habits

clownfish photo
Photo by Puliarf
Whales aren't the only marine species negatively affected by human-generated noise pollution in the oceans. Sound is an important, and well developed sense in many fish, more species of which are being threatened by the increase in noise made by oil and gas rigs, ships, boats and sonar. In a new review, scientists look at how the rise in sounds over the last hundred years as humans have taken to the oceans has impacted fish species, from their locations to their reproduction.

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