Using Soundscapes to Assess Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems

Tzu-Hao Lin; Chong Chen; Hiromi Kayama Watanabe; Shinsuke Kawagucci; Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Tomonari Akamatsu

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.09.006

Using Soundscapes to Assess Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems

Trends Ecol Evol. 2019 Dec;34(12):1066-1069. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.09.006. Epub 2019 Nov 7.

Authors

Tzu-Hao Lin¹, Chong Chen², Hiromi Kayama Watanabe², Shinsuke Kawagucci², Hiroyuki Yamamoto³, Tomonari Akamatsu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan. Electronic address: lintzuhao@jamstec.go.jp.
² X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan.
³ Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan.
⁴ National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan.

PMID: 31708125
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.09.006

Abstract

Targets of deep-sea mining commonly coincide with biodiversity hotspots, such as hydrothermal vents. The resilience of these ecosystems relies on larval dispersal, which may be directed by habitat-specific soundscapes. We urge for a global effort to implement soundscape as a conservation tool to assess anthropogenic disruption to deep-sea benthic ecosystems.

MeSH terms

Biodiversity
Ecosystem*
Hydrothermal Vents*