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Publicado el 13/03/2008 a la(s) 12:54
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Global warming turns fish deaf  Is it important that global warming turns fish deaf?
Yes. For coral reef fish, sound is vital for them to judge where to settle down and live.
After hatching, reef fish larvae are dispersed by ocean currents for a few weeks. The larval fish must then find their way back to a suitable reef to make their home.
It's thought that the young fish home in on high-frequency noises. Coral reefs are extremely noisy environments, with the crackle of snapping shrimps and the chatter of fish set against a backdrop of wind, rain and surf. Sound carries well underwater, and most fish have great hearing.
Global warming and more acidic oceans, though, can cause fish to be born with deformed earbones. Reasearchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Townsville and the University of Edinburgh, suspected that it might be harder for these fish to pinpoint the origin of a sound, increasing the chance they would get lost in the ocean. And, indeed, their results show that this is so.Journal References and Further Reading: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Volume 275, Number 1634 / March 07, 2008 Animal Behaviour, doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.11.004 SOUND: The essential navigation cue for young reef fishes to find their way home
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