Fantastic ocean noise presentation from Leila Hatch of NOAA
Bioacoustics, Effects of Noise on Wildlife, Human impacts, Ocean, Science Add commentsEarlier this month, Leila Hatch, one of NOAA’s leading experts on ocean acoustics and a long-time researcher in and around Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, presented an hour-long talk on ocean noise. It’s been archived on the Open Channels website, and is available for streaming and download on Vimeo.
It’s by far the best introduction I’ve seen to this wide-ranging topic, including some basic information on ocean noise, along with a good summary of ongoing work at NOAA to map ocean noise and to learn more about how shipping noise, in particular, can impinge on whales’ communication space. Highly recommended!!
Listening to our Sanctuaries: Understanding and Reducing the Impacts of Underwater Noise in Marine Protected Areas from OpenChannels on Vimeo.