title: Soundscapes and Larval Settlement: Characterizing the Stimulus from a Larval Perspective.
abstract: There is growing evidence that underwater sounds serve as a cue for the larvae of marine organisms to locate suitable settlement habitats; however, the relevant spatiotemporal scales of variability in habitat-related sounds and how this variation scales with larval settlement processes remain largely uncharacterized, particularly in estuarine habitats. Here, we provide an overview of the approaches we have developed to characterize an estuarine soundscape as it relates to larval processes, and a conceptual framework is provided for how habitat-related sounds may influence larval settlement, using oyster reef soundscapes as an example.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. aslillis@ncsu.edu.
authors.forename: Ashlee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lillis
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. eggleston@ncsu.edu.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Eggleston
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. drbohnen@ncsu.edu.
authors.forename: DelWayne R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bohnenstiehl
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010125:Ostreidae; D013016:Sound
keywords: Acoustic cue; Bivalve settlement; Drifting hydrophone; Estuarine sounds