Tank-based experiment and audio-video set-up to assess the impact ofboat noise pollution on the common prawn (Palaemon serratus)

In the present technical report, we described the experimental protocol including the audio-video setting-up adopted in order to assess the behavioural changes of the common prawn (Palaemon serratus, Pennant 1777) after the short-term exposure to boat noises. Prawn specimens, in control tank-based experimental condition, were exposed to a random sequence of boat noises such as recreational boats, hydrofoil, fishing boat and ferry boat and, their locomotor patterns were studied.

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