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Tag Archives: acoustics
In My Defense
As those of you who check this site more than three times a year may have noticed, posting has been…er…slow this fall. But there was a reason: The talk is open to the public for anyone in Seattle who is … Continue reading
Standing on Shoulders You Didn’t Know Were There
If you’re a scientist, almost all of your professional reading comes in the form of scientific papers. These days, that usually usually means between 10 and 20 pages of fairly dense information packed into a PDF. This format is great … Continue reading
Posted in Policy etc., Ramblings
Tagged acoustics, deep scattering layer, krill, libraries, myctophids, SIO, SIO Library
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Beaked Whales and Naval Sonar: What’s Going On?
There have been huge fights in the past decade over Naval sub-hunting sonar and its effects on certain species of whales. In several cases, mass strandings of marine mammals have occurred shortly after naval exercises where mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar … Continue reading
Posted in Research Blogging
Tagged acoustics, beaked whales, Mesoplodon densirostris, Navy, orcas, sonar, whales
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Carnival of the Blue XLVI
Welcome to the 45th Carnival of the Blue! In the nick of time, the submissions arrived, and I didn’t have to follow through on my threat to replace this month’s Carnival of the Blue with Carnival of the Bieber. So … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged acoustics, Bieber, birds, Carnival of the Blue, coral, crustaceans, ecosystem function, love, mantis srhimp, oil spill, oysters, petrels, reefs, salmon, sex, SIO, structure, whales
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Sonic war between bats and moths
Not oceanic, but very cool acoustics-related story nonetheless: Researchers at Wake Forest University have determined that tiger moths actively jam bat sonar to avoid being eaten. Bats, famously, use ultrasonic pulses to hunt insects using echolocation. Moths, also, have been … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustics, bats, Bertholdia trigona, Epitesicus fuscus, moths, predator/prey interaction, sonar, Wake Forest University
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