Publications by authors named "Michele Centurelli"

Anthropogenic underwater noise is an emergent pollutant. Despite several worldwide monitoring programs, only few data are available for the Mediterranean Sea, one of the global biodiversity hotspots. The results of the first continuous acoustic programme run at a transnational basin scale in the Mediterranean Sea are here presented.

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  • The lack of specific Target Strength (TS) data for ancillary fish species hampers the effectiveness of acoustic surveys used to assess their abundance and distribution globally.* -
  • Existing TS values for Scomber colias and Trachurus mediterraneus in the Mediterranean are based on studies from different oceans and do not represent these species accurately.* -
  • This study used X-ray scans and the Kirchhoff Ray Mode model to analyze TS variations based on frequency and angle, revealing distinct acoustic characteristics between the two species and offering a new method to improve species identification in Mediterranean acoustic surveys.*
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The protection of marine habitats from human-generated underwater noise is an emerging challenge. Baseline information on sound levels, however, is poorly available, especially in the Mediterranean Sea. To bridge this knowledge gap, the SOUNDSCAPE project ran a basin-scale, cross-national, long-term underwater monitoring in the Northern Adriatic Sea.

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