A preponderance of marine bioacoustic work has been focused on marine mammals – whales, dolphins, and pinnipeds. This is in large part due to the “charismatic megafauna” paradigm where big, complicated animals with recognizable expressions attract most human interest. While fish – particularly large or colorful species can capture our attention under this same rubric, [...]
Read More» Posted by mstocker | 0 commentsChorusing is usually defined as “acoustic signaling produced collectively by a group of individuals whose activity is clustered in both space and time. It would be nice to expand the definition to cover the possible purpose of chorusing behavior for animals.
Read More» Posted by mstocker | 0 commentsAcoustical energy moves through air at ~ 343m (1120’) per second; water at ~ 1560m (5118’) per second; ice at ~ 3,900m (13,057’) per second; oak at ~ 4100m (13,480’) per second; aluminum at 5240m (17,200’) per second.
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