DOI: 10.5061/dryad.32565
title: Data from: Fish sound production in the presence of harmful algal blooms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

description: This paper presents the first known research to examine sound production
 by fishes during harmful algal blooms (HABs). Most fish sound production
 is species-specific and repetitive, enabling passive acoustic monitoring
 to identify the distribution and behavior of soniferous species.
 Autonomous gliders that collect passive acoustic data and environmental
 data concurrently can be used to establish the oceanographic conditions
 surrounding sound-producing organisms. Three passive acoustic glider
 missions were conducted off west-central Florida in October 2011, and
 September and October 2012. The deployment period for two missions was
 dictated by the presence of red tide events with the glider path
 specifically set to encounter toxic Karenia brevis blooms (a.k.a red
 tides). Oceanographic conditions measured by the glider were significantly
 correlated to the variation in sounds from six known or suspected species
 of fish across the three missions with depth consistently being the most
 significant factor. At the time and space scales of this study, there was
 no detectable effect of red tide on sound production. Sounds were still
 recorded within red tide-affected waters from species with overlapping
 depth ranges. These results suggest that the fishes studied here did not
 alter their sound production nor migrate out of red tide-affected areas.
 Although these results are preliminary because of the limited
 measurements, the data and methods presented here provide a proof of
 principle and could serve as protocol for future studies on the effects of
 algal blooms on the behavior of soniferous fishes. To fully capture the
 effects of episodic events, we suggest that stationary or vertically
 profiling acoustic recorders and environmental sampling be used as a
 complement to glider measurements.
description: Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 54a.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2011. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 54b.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2011. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 54c.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2011. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 54d.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2011. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 56a.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in September 2012. The files have been converted into flac format
 for lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 56b.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in September 2012. The files have been converted into flac format
 for lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 57a.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2012. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 57b.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2012. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 57c.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2012. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.Wall et al 2014 Glider
 Mission 57d.zipThese files were
 collected on an autonomous underwater glider deployed in the Gulf of
 Mexico in October 2012. The files have been converted into flac format for
 lossless compression.