Jeroen Hubert
Postdoc / Guest
- Name
- Dr. J. Hubert
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- j.hubert@biology.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9095-3486
I am interested in the effects of anthropogenic sound on fish and other marine animals.
More information about Jeroen Hubert
Supervisor(s)
Research
I am a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University and study the effects of anthropogenic sound on fish, invertebrates, and marine mammals. The marine environment is filled with sounds originating from natural sources. Water is an efficient medium for the propagation of sound. Since most – if not all – fish can hear and many produce sounds themselves, it is not surprising that fish use sound for activities that are relevant for survival and reproduction. However, in the last decades the amount of anthropogenic sounds increased. Most anthropogenic sources produce sounds within the hearing range of fish and potentially interfere with other biological relevant sounds. I am interested in how this effects fish behaviour, physiology, and ultimately their fitness.
I am currently working on the APELAFICO project. For this, we study the effect of offshore windfarms, including the construction phase, on pelagic fish communities and harbour porpoises. We also study the efficacy and potential for improvement of an acoustic deterrence device for fish. We study this using echosounders, CPODs, eDNA, and hydrophones. The project is a collaboration between VLIZ, WMR, JASCO, IMR, RBINS, and Leiden University.
Biography
I obtained a Bachelor of applied sciences in Animal husbandry in Delft. I continued my education at Leiden University with a Master in Biology. During my master internships, I studied the effect of anthropogenic sound on European seabass and did research on musicality in vocal learning birds. After receiving my Master degree I worked on follow-ups on both internships. For my PhD, I studied the effects of anthropogenic sound on fish and invertebrate behaviour. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher and studying the effects of windfarms on fish and porpoises, and acoustic deterrence prior to potential harmful activities.
Teaching
I am teaching in several courses related to behaviour biology. Each year, there are several opportunities for research internships aligned to my research. Please contact me for more information.
Postdoc / Guest
- Science
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
- IBL Animal Sciences
- Hubert J., Booms E., Witbaard R. & Slabbekoorn H.W. (2022), Responsiveness and habituation to repeated sound exposures and pulse trains in blue mussels, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 547: 151668.
- Hubert J., Moens R., Witbaard R. & Slabbekoorn H.W. (2022), Acoustic disturbance in blue mussels: sound-induced valve closure varies with pulse train speed but does not affect phytoplankton clearance rate, ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(9): 2540-2551.
- Knaap I.E.J. van der, Reubens J., Thomas L., Ainslie M.A., Winter H.V., Hubert J., Martin B. & Slabbekoorn H.W. (2021), Effects of a seismic survey on movement of free-ranging Atlantic cod, Current Biology 31(7): 1555-1562.
- Hubert J. (9 September 2021), Sound investigation: effects of noise on marine animals across trophic levels (Dissertatie. Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Faculty of Science, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Cate C.j. ten & Slabbekoorn H.W.
- Hubert J., Neo Y.Y., Winter H.V. & Slabbekoorn H. (2020), The role of ambient sound levels, signal-to-noise ratio, and stimulus pulse rate on behavioural disturbance of seabass in a net pen, Behavioural Processes 170: 103992.
- Hubert J., Campbell J.A. & Slabbekoorn H. (2020), Effects of seismic airgun playbacks on swimming patterns and behavioural states of Atlantic cod in a net pen, Marine Pollution Bulletin 160: 111680.
- Hubert J., Bemmelen J.J. van & Slabbekoorn H.W. (2020), No negative effects of boat sound playbacks on olfactory-mediated food finding behaviour of shore crabs in a T-maze, Environmental Pollution 270: 116184.
- Hubert J., Campbell J.A., Beek J.G. van der, Haan M.F. den, Verhave R., Verkade L.S. & Slabbekoorn H.W. (2018), Effects of broadband sound exposure on the interaction between foraging crab and shrimp - A field study, Environmental Pollution 243: 1923-1929.
- Neo Y.Y., Hubert J., Bolle L.J., Winter H.V. & Slabbekoorn H. (2018), European seabass respond more strongly to noise exposure at night and habituate over repeated trials of sound exposure, Environmental Pollution 239: 367-374.
- Spierings M.J., Hubert J. & Ten Cate C. (2017), Selective auditory grouping by zebra finches: testing the iambic-trochaic law, Animal Cognition 20(4): 665-675.
- Neo Y.Y., Hubert J., Bolle L., Winter H.V., Ten Cate C. & Slabbekoorn H.W. (2016), Sound exposure changes European seabass behaviour in a large outdoor floating pen: Effects of temporal structure and a ramp-up procedure, Environmental Pollution 214: 26-34.
- Ten Cate C., Spierings M., Hubert J. & Honing H. (2016), Can Birds Perceive Rhythmic Patterns? A Review and Experiments on a Songbird and a Parrot Species, Frontiers in Psychology 2016(7): 730.