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  • Title: Soundscapes and Larval Settlement: Larval Bivalve Responses to Habitat-Associated Underwater Sounds.
    Author: Eggleston DB, Lillis A, Bohnenstiehl DR.
    Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol; 2016; 875():255-63. PubMed ID: 26610967.
    Abstract:
    We quantified the effects of habitat-associated sounds on the settlement response of two species of bivalves with contrasting habitat preferences: (1) Crassostrea virginicia (oyster), which prefers to settle on other oysters, and (2) Mercenaria mercenaria (clam), which settles on unstructured habitats. Oyster larval settlement in the laboratory was significantly higher when exposed to oyster reef sound compared with either off-reef or no-sound treatments. Clam larval settlement did not vary according to sound treatments. Similar to laboratory results, field experiments showed that oyster larval settlement in "larval housings" suspended above oyster reefs was significantly higher compared with off-reef sites.
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