Nutrient pollution is changing sounds in the sea
Published: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 14:35 in Earth & Climate
Nutrient pollution emptying into seas from cities, towns and agricultural land is changing the sounds made by marine life - and potentially upsetting navigational cues for fish and other sea creatures, a new University of Adelaide study has found. Published online in the journal Landscape Ecology, the research found that marine ecosystems degraded by 'eutrophication', caused by run-off from adjacent land, are more silent than healthier comparable ecosystems.
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2016/09/06/nutrient.pollution.changing.sounds.sea
