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dc.contributor.authorGordon, TAC
dc.contributor.authorRadford, AN
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, IK
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, K
dc.contributor.authorMcCloskey, K
dc.contributor.authorNedelec, SL
dc.contributor.authorMeekan, MG
dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, MI
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, SD
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-07T14:21:47Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-07
dc.description.abstractCoral reefs worldwide are increasingly damaged by anthropogenic stressors, necessitating novel approaches for their management. Maintaining healthy fish communities counteracts reef degradation, but degraded reefs smell and sound less attractive to settlement-stage fishes than their healthy states. Here, using a six-week field experiment, we demonstrate that playback of healthy reef sound can increase fish settlement and retention to degraded habitat. We compare fish community development on acoustically enriched coral-rubble patch reefs with acoustically unmanipulated controls. Acoustic enrichment enhances fish community development across all major trophic guilds, with a doubling in overall abundance and 50% greater species richness. If combined with active habitat restoration and effective conservation measures, rebuilding fish communities in this manner might accelerate ecosystem recovery at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Acoustic enrichment shows promise as a novel tool for the active management of degraded coral reefs.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Research Council (ARC)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Institute of Marine Scienceen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.format.xlsen_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.24378/exe.1904
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/P001572/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/L002434/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberDP170103372en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/39069
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/39924en_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder temporary embargo until 14-10-2019 pending publication of the associated journal article.en_GB
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0en_GB
dc.titleAcoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat (dataset)en_GB
dc.typeDataseten_GB
dc.date.available2019-10-07T14:21:47Z
dc.descriptionRaw data associated with Gordon et al, 2019, Nature Communications, Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitaten_GB
dc.descriptionThe article associated with this dataset is available in ORE at: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/39924en_GB
dc.identifier.journalNature Communicationsen_GB
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_GB
rioxxterms.versionNAen_GB
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