Ship noise impairs feeding and heightens predation risk for crabs
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
A study published in the journal Animal Behaviour found that the noise of passing ships disrupts feeding for the common shore crab. Perhaps worse, the team from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol also found that when threatened, crabs took longer to retreat to shelter and lost their natural 'play dead' behaviour.