What is it about?

Acoustic communication and orientation are important for both marine and terrestrial organisms, which underscores the need to identify salient cues within soundscapes. Here we investigated temporal patterns in the soundscapes of two nearby coral reefs. We found that certain acoustic frequencies varied on daily scales, while others varied on lunar scales. While environmental variation explained some of the temporal patterns, we elucidate some of the biological contributions to the soundscapes.

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Why is it important?

This study represents an important example of recently-developed soundscape ecology tools that can be applied to any ecosystem. The patterns uncovered here provide valuable insights into natural acoustic phenomena that occur in these highly diverse, yet highly threatened ecosystems.

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This page is a summary of: Celestial patterns in marine soundscapes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, August 2014, Inter-Research Science Center,
DOI: 10.3354/meps10911.
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