1 2 Loudness-dependent behavioral responses and habituation to sound by the 3 longfin squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) 4 5 6 T. Aran Mooney1*, Julia E. Samson1, 2, Andrea D. Schlunk1 and Samantha Zacarias1 7 8 9 1Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA 10 2Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA 11 12 13 *Corresponding author:
[email protected], (508) 289-2714 14 15 16 Keywords: noise, bioacoustics, soundscape, auditory scene, invertebrate 17 18 19 20 1 21 Abstract 22 Sound is an abundant cue in the marine environment, yet we know little regarding the 23 frequency range and levels which induce behavioral responses in ecologically key marine 24 invertebrates. Here we address the range of sounds that elicit unconditioned behavioral responses 25 in squid Doryteuthis pealeii, the types of responses generated, and how responses change over 26 multiple sound exposures. A variety of response types were evoked, from inking and jetting to 27 body pattern changes and fin movements. Squid responded to sounds from 80-1000 Hz, with 28 response rates diminishing at the higher and lower ends of this frequency range. Animals 29 responded to the lowest sound levels in the 200-400 Hz range. Inking, an escape response, was 30 confined to the lower frequencies and highest sound levels; jetting was more widespread. 31 Response latencies were variable but typically occurred after 0.36 s (mean) for jetting and 0.14 s 32 for body pattern changes; pattern changes occurred significantly faster. These results 33 demonstrate that squid can exhibit a range of behavioral responses to sound include fleeing, 34 deimatic and protean behaviors, all of which are associated with predator evasion.