@article{eb6852a0ba234ea8bb9cd6ec0ce48a9c,
title = "Pile driving repeatedly impacts the giant scallop (Placopecten magellanicus)",
abstract = "Large-scale offshore wind farms are a critical component of the worldwide climate strategy. However, their developments have been opposed by the fishing industry because of concerns regarding the impacts of pile driving vibrations during constructions on commercially important marine invertebrates, including bivalves. Using field-based daily exposure, we showed that pile driving induced repeated valve closures in different scallop life stages, with particularly stronger effects for juveniles. Scallops showed no acclimatization to repetitive pile driving across and within days, yet quickly returned to their initial behavioral baselines after vibration-cessation. While vibration sensitivity was consistent, daily pile driving did not disrupt scallop circadian rhythm, but suggests serious impacts at night when valve openings are greater. Overall, our results show distance and temporal patterns can support future mitigation strategies but also highlight concerns regarding the larger impact ranges of impending widespread offshore wind farm constructions on scallop populations.",
author = "Youenn J{\'e}z{\'e}quel and Seth Cones and Jensen, {Frants H.} and Hannah Brewer and John Collins and Mooney, {T. Aran}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Tony Alvares and Eric Hansen for kindly providing adult scallops from New Bedford, and Nate Perry for giving us the subadults and juveniles. We also thank the W.S. Shultz, Co., for their pile driving support, especially Matthew Bumpus and Ben Karson. We thank Edward O{\textquoteright}Brien and Kimberly Malkoski for facilitating SCUBA operations throughout the experiment. We thank Rick Galat and Kerry Strome for coordinating dock space and vessel traffic. We also thank the Jonsson Conference Center from the National Academy of Sciences for allowing us to perform preliminary trials from their Quissett Harbor facility. This work was funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Cooperative Agreement #M20AC10009 and we appreciate the support and suggestions of Brian Hooker and Jacob Levenson, and BOEM Center for Marine Acoustics. Funding Information: We thank Tony Alvares and Eric Hansen for kindly providing adult scallops from New Bedford, and Nate Perry for giving us the subadults and juveniles. We also thank the W.S. Shultz, Co., for their pile driving support, especially Matthew Bumpus and Ben Karson. We thank Edward O{\textquoteright}Brien and Kimberly Malkoski for facilitating SCUBA operations throughout the experiment. We thank Rick Galat and Kerry Strome for coordinating dock space and vessel traffic. We also thank the Jonsson Conference Center from the National Academy of Sciences for allowing us to perform preliminary trials from their Quissett Harbor facility. This work was funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Cooperative Agreement #M20AC10009 and we appreciate the support and suggestions of Brian Hooker and Jacob Levenson, and BOEM Center for Marine Acoustics. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1038/s41598-022-19838-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "12",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}