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Mussel Byssal Attachment Weakened by Anthropogenic Noise
Frontiers in Marine Science2021
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Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xinguo Zhao,
Shuge Sun,
Bin Xia,
Shuge Sun,
Wei Shi,
Shuge Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Wei Shi,
Wei Shi,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Xinguo Zhao,
Bijuan Chen,
Qi Sui,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Wei Shi,
Yan Zhang,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Wei Shi,
Shuge Sun,
Wei Shi,
Qi Sui,
Wei Shi,
Yan Zhang,
Qi Sui,
Wei Shi,
Shuge Sun,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Qi Sui,
Wei Shi,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Wei Shi,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Guangxu Liu
Xuemei Sun,
Wei Shi,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Guangxu Liu
Lin Zhu,
Wei Shi,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Guangxu Liu
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Guangxu Liu
Xuemei Sun,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Wei Shi,
Wei Shi,
Wei Shi,
Wei Shi,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Yan Zhang,
Shuge Sun,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Shuge Sun,
Shuge Sun,
Wei Shi,
Wei Shi,
Xinguo Zhao,
Wei Shi,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Shuge Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Shuge Sun,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Wei Shi,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Shuge Sun,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Guangxu Liu
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Guangxu Liu
Wei Shi,
Guangxu Liu
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Guangxu Liu
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Wei Shi,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Wei Shi,
Qi Sui,
Xinguo Zhao,
Guangxu Liu
Qi Sui,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Xinguo Zhao,
Xinguo Zhao,
Wei Shi,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Bin Xia,
Wei Shi,
Guangxu Liu
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Bin Xia,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Wei Shi,
Wei Shi,
Guangxu Liu
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Guangxu Liu
Bijuan Chen,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Bijuan Chen,
Wei Shi,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Guangxu Liu
Keming Qu,
Wei Shi,
Guangxu Liu
Keming Qu,
Guangxu Liu
Wei Shi,
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Guangxu Liu
Summary
This study found that underwater pile-driving noise significantly reduced the ability of mussels to produce byssal threads — the strong fibers they use to anchor themselves to surfaces — at realistic noise levels encountered near construction sites. Weakened attachment capacity could make mussels vulnerable to dislodgement by waves, threatening their survival and the ecosystem services they provide in coastal areas.
The increasing underwater noise generated by anthropogenic activities has been widely recognized as a significant and pervasive pollution in the marine environment. Marine mussels are a family of sessile bivalves that attach to solid surfaces via the byssal threads. They are widely distributed along worldwide coastal areas and are of great ecological and socio-economic importance. Studies found that anthropogenic noise negatively affected many biological processes and/or functions of marine organisms. However, to date, the potential impacts of anthropogenic noise on mussel byssal attachment remain unknown. Here, the thick shell mussels Mytilus coruscus were exposed to an ambient underwater condition (∼50 dB re 1 μPa) or the playbacks of pile-driving noise (∼70 or ∼100 dB re 1 μPa) for 10 days. Results showed that the noise significantly reduced the secretion of byssal threads (e.g., diameter and volume) and weakened their mechanical performances (e.g., strength, extensibility, breaking stress, toughness and failure location), leading to a 16.95–44.50% decrease in mussel byssal attachment strength. The noise also significantly down-regulated the genes expressions of seven structural proteins (e.g., mfp-1, mfp-2, mfp-3, mfp-6, preCOL-P, preCOL-NG, and preCOL-D) of byssal threads, probably mediating the weakened byssal attachment. Given the essential functions of strong byssal attachment, the findings demonstrate that the increasing underwater anthropogenic noise are posing a great threat to mussel population, mussel-bed community and mussel aquaculture industry. We thus suggest that future work is required to deepen our understanding of the impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine invertebrates, especially these with limited locomotion ability, like bivalves.