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Fig. 6.13 Experimental flight room in which individuals of Myotis myotis were offered
mealworms in a silent and a noise compartment. Flight time ( a ), entering events ( b ), capture
( c ), and percentage of the first 25 capture events ( d ) are compared with different sonic environ-
ment: silence, traffic, vegetation noise, broadband computing noise (Reproduced with permission
from Schaub et al. 2008 )
In marine coastal habitats, biological and abiotic noise is present at a high level.
For instance, the recent diffusion of offshore wind farms have all the potentiality to
modify the sonic ambience around the windmills, producing, as observed by
Wahlberg and Westerberg ( 2005 ), a displacement of fishes that avoid close contact
with these devices. This effect largely depends on wind speed, which generates
noise on the blades.