Exploring the Ocean Through Soundscapes

Authors

  • Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering University of New Hampshire
  • Bruce Martin JASCO Applied Sciences
  • Peter L. Tyack Sea Mammal Research Unit Scottish Oceans Institute School of Biology University of St Andrews

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/ingenierias24.91-21

Keywords:

Ocean soundscapes, acoustic signals in the oceans

Abstract

Listening to underwater soundscapes helps us understand how ocean physics and the biology of marine communities are responding to a dynamically changing ocean.

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Author Biographies

Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering University of New Hampshire

She is a research professor and associate director of research at the School of Marine Science
and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham. Her research employs acoustic methodologies to answer biological questions in the marine environment. Her primary interests include patterns and trends in ocean sound, animal behavior and communication, and the effect of anthropogenic activities on animals and their environment. Aspects of acoustics, biology, oceanography, and engineering are combined to create the interdisciplinary approach necessary
to extend the remote study of the ocean and of animals in their natural environment beyond where it is today.

Bruce Martin, JASCO Applied Sciences

He has been working in acoustic data collection and analysis since 1991. From 1991 to 2007, he was
involved with the development of combined active-passive sonars. In 2007, he switched to environmental acoustics and soundscapes. He has worked on numerous projects including the Chukchi Sea acoustic monitoring project (2007-2014), Tappan Zee pile-driving acoustic monitoring projects
(2010-2014), and a wide-area monitoring program on Canada’s East Coast (2015-2018). He is pursuing a PhD at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, where his research interest is in soundscape ecology, especially automated techniques for quantifying sources in the soundscape.

Peter L. Tyack, Sea Mammal Research Unit Scottish Oceans Institute School of Biology University of St Andrews

He is a professor of marine mammal biology at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His research focuses on behavioral ecology, acoustic communication, and social behavior in marine mammals. He has studied reproductive advertisement in baleen whales, individually distinctive contact calls, and echolocation in deepdiving toothed whales. He has developed new methods to sample behavior continuously from marine mammals, including the development of sound-and-orientation recording
tags. He has developed a series of studies on responses to anthropogenic sounds, including the effects of oil exploration on baleen and sperm whales and the effects of naval sonar on toothed whales.

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2021-07-30

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Miksis-Olds, J. L., Martin, B., & Tyack, P. L. (2021). Exploring the Ocean Through Soundscapes. Revista Ingenierías, 24(91), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.29105/ingenierias24.91-21

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Vol. 24 No. 91 (2021): Julio-Diciembre 2021

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