Changes to an urban marina soundscape associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Guadeloupe.

ABSTRACT: In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to government-enforced limits on activities worldwide, causing a marked reduction of human presence in outdoors environments, including in coastal areas that normally support substantial levels of boat traffic. These restrictions provided a unique opportunity to quantify the degree to which anthropogenic noise contributes to and impacts underwater soundscapes. In Guadeloupe, French West Indies, a significantly lower number of motor boats were recorded in the vicinity of the major urban marina during the peak of the first COVID-19 lockdown (April-May 2020), compared with the number recorded post-lockdown. The resumption of human activities at the end of May was correlated with a maximum increase of 6 decibels in the ambient noise level underwater. The chan

SUBMITTER: Bertucci F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188413 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature