Fouling in your own nest: vessel noise increases biofoulingFootnote

Author contributions: J.S. co-conceived and co-designed the study, undertook the fieldwork, data analysis, and wrote the manuscript. A.J. co-conceived and co-designed the study, and S.W. co-conceived the study. All the authors commented on and provided significant input to the final manuscript.

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