title: Effects of Seismic Air Guns on Pallid Sturgeon and Paddlefish.
abstract: Pallid sturgeon and paddlefish were placed at different distances from a seismic air gun array to determine the potential effects on mortality and nonauditory body tissues from the sound from a single shot. Fish were held 7 days postexposure and then necropsied. No fish died immediately after sound exposure or over the postexposure period. Statistical analysis of injuries showed no differences between the experimental and control animals in either type or severity of injuries. There was also no difference in injuries between fish exposed closest to the source compared with those exposed furthest from the source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. apopper@umd.edu.
authors.forename: Arthur N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Popper
authors.affiliation: ProBioSound, Holmes Beach, FL, 34218, USA. tj3carlson@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.affiliation: Smith-Root, Inc., Vancouver, WA, 98686, USA. jgross@smith-root.com.
authors.forename: Jackson A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: Loughine Limited, Kincraig, Blairs, Aberdeen, AB12 5YT, UK. a.hawkins@btconnect.com.
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.affiliation: JASCO Applied Sciences, Silver Spring, MD, 20902, USA. David.Zeddies@jasco.com.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zeddies
authors.affiliation: CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc, Stuart, FL, 34997, USA. lpowell@conshelf.com.
authors.forename: Lynwood
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc., Houston, TX, 77079, USA. JYoung@conshelf.com.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000388:Air; D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D009622:Noise
keywords: Anthropogenic; Damage; Fish; Lake Sakakawea; Noise