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2. ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Silver Medal in Animal Bioacoustics 2021: Peter M. Narins
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Peter M. Narins
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Medal ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Bioacoustics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art history ,Art ,media_common - Published
- 2021
3. How humans discriminate acoustically among bottlenose dolphin signature whistles with and without masking by boat noise
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Kenneth Tyler Wilcox, Evan L. Morrison, and Caroline M. DeLong
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Masking (art) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Sound Spectrography ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,Oceans and Seas ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Human echolocation ,Audiology ,Bottlenose dolphin ,biology.organism_classification ,Signature (logic) ,Bottle-Nosed Dolphin ,Noise ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Perception ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Vocalization, Animal ,Psychology ,human activities ,Ships ,media_common - Abstract
Anthropogenic noise in the world's oceans is known to impede many species' ability to perceive acoustic signals, but little research has addressed how this noise affects the perception of bioacoustic signals used for communication in marine mammals. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) use signature whistles containing identification information. Past studies have used human participants to gain insight into dolphin perception, but most previous research investigated echolocation. In Experiment 1, human participants were tested on their ability to discriminate among signature whistles from three dolphins. Participants' performance was nearly errorless. In Experiment 2, participants identified signature whistles masked by five different samples of boat noise utilizing different signal-to-noise ratios. Lower signal-to-noise ratio and proximity in frequency between the whistle and noise both significantly decreased performance. Like dolphins, human participants primarily identified whistles using frequency contour. Participants reported greater use of amplitude in noise-present vs noise-absent trials, but otherwise did not vary cue usage. These findings can be used to generate hypotheses about dolphins' performance and auditory cue use for future research. This study may provide insight into how specific characteristics of boat noise affect dolphin whistle perception and may have implications for conservation and regulations.
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- 2020
4. Modeling the acoustic repertoire of Cuvier's beaked whale clicks
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Thomas Guilment, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, and Kun Li
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Gulf of Mexico ,Sound Spectrography ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Spectral properties ,Whales ,Spectral structure ,Context (language use) ,Human echolocation ,biology.organism_classification ,Ziphius cavirostris ,Beaked whale ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Echolocation ,Animals ,Spectrogram ,Geology - Abstract
This paper investigates the evolution of spectral properties observed in Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) click trains recorded by fixed hydrophones in the Gulf of Mexico. In the context of deep water and high-frequency sounds and observed inter-click intervals, the authors assumed that the main effect responsible for the modification of the spectral content between adjacent clicks in the same click train is the source beam pattern. The spectral structure is studied by using the Wigner-Ville time-frequency distribution and is compared with the conventional Fourier spectrogram. The results show that the observed Cuvier's beaked whale clicks are a superposition of upsweep and downsweep chirps, unlike the currently accepted upsweep only structure of beaked whale clicks in bioacoustics literature. The spectral structure variations simulated by using a flat circular piston model as a beam pattern transmission model are consistent with the evolution of spectral click properties observed in experimental data. A better understanding of the properties of observed echolocation clicks of Cuvier's beaked whales will provide useful information for click annotations and, therefore, will contribute to improving accuracy of detecting, classifying, tracking, and estimating the density of Cuvier's beaked whales.
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- 2020
5. Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) produce high frequency rasp sounds with frequency modulation
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Francis Juanes, Rodney A. Rountree, Lucas Agagnier, and Amalis Riera
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0106 biological sciences ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Rasp ,Fishes ,010501 environmental sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Perciformes ,Fishery ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Animals ,%22">Fish ,Frequency modulation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Sablefish - Abstract
Sablefish sounds, named rasps, were recorded at two captive facilities in British Columbia and Washington State. Rasps consisted of highly variable broadband trains of 2 to 336 ticks that lasted between 74 and 10 500 ms. The 260 rasps that were measured contained frequencies between 344 and 34 000 Hz with an average peak frequency of 3409 Hz. The frequency structure of ticks within rasps was highly variable and included both positive and negative trends. This finding makes sablefish one of the few deep-sea fish for which sounds have been validated and described. The documentation of sablefish sounds will enable the use of passive acoustic monitoring methods in fisheries and ecological studies of this commercially important deep-sea fish.
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- 2020
6. Separation of overlapping sources in bioacoustic mixtures
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Robert L. Stevenson, Mohammad Rasool Izadi, and Laura N. Kloepper
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Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Supervised learning ,Pattern recognition ,Function (mathematics) ,Sound ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Echolocation ,Source separation ,Animals ,Spectrogram ,Neural Networks, Computer ,Artificial intelligence ,Cluster analysis ,business - Abstract
Source separation is an important step to study signals that are not easy or possible to record individually. Common methods such as deep clustering, however, cannot be applied to signals of an unknown number of sources and/or signals that overlap in time and/or frequency-a common problem in bioacoustic recordings. This work presents an approach, using a supervised learning framework, to parse individual sources from a spectrogram of a mixture that contains a variable number of overlapping sources. This method isolates individual sources in the time-frequency domain using only one function but in two separate steps, one for the detection of the number of sources and corresponding bounding boxes, and a second step for the segmentation in which masks of individual sounds are extracted. This approach handles the full separation of overlapping sources in both time and frequency using deep neural networks in an applicable manner to other tasks such as bird audio detection. This paper presents method and reports on its performance to parse individual bat signals from recordings containing hundreds of overlapping bat echolocation signals. This method can be extended to other bioacoustic recordings with a variable number of sources and signals that overlap in time and/or frequency.
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- 2020
7. Nonlinear time-warping made simple: A step-by-step tutorial on underwater acoustic modal separation with a single hydrophone
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Julien Bonnel, Aaron Thode, Dana L. Wright, and Ross Chapman
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Dynamic time warping ,Signal processing ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Hydrophone ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Image warping ,Underwater ,Underwater acoustics ,Multipath propagation ,021101 geological & geomatics engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Classical ocean acoustic experiments involve the use of synchronized arrays of sensors. However, the need to cover large areas and/or the use of small robotic platforms has evoked interest in single-hydrophone processing methods for localizing a source or characterizing the propagation environment. One such processing method is "warping," a non-linear, physics-based signal processing tool dedicated to decomposing multipath features of low-frequency transient signals (frequency f 500 Hz), after their propagation through shallow water (depth D 200 m) and their reception on a distant single hydrophone (range r 1 km). Since its introduction to the underwater acoustics community in 2010, warping has been adopted in the ocean acoustics literature, mostly as a pre-processing method for single receiver geoacoustic inversion. Warping also has potential applications in other specialties, including bioacoustics; however, the technique can be daunting to many potential users unfamiliar with its intricacies. Consequently, this tutorial article covers basic warping theory, presents simulation examples, and provides practical experimental strategies. Accompanying supplementary material provides matlab code and simulated and experimental datasets for easy implementation of warping on both impulsive and frequency-modulated signals from both biotic and man-made sources. This combined material should provide interested readers with user-friendly resources for implementing warping methods into their own research.
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- 2020
8. A model of speech production based on the acoustic relativity of the vocal tract
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Kate Bunton and Brad H. Story
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Male ,Speech Communication ,Speech production ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Computer science ,Bioacoustics ,Speech recognition ,Event (relativity) ,02 engineering and technology ,Models, Biological ,01 natural sciences ,Theory of relativity ,Speech Production Measurement ,Tongue ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0103 physical sciences ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Humans ,Speech ,Vocal tract resonance ,Sensitivity (control systems) ,010301 acoustics ,Acoustics ,Lip ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,Jaw ,Larynx ,Vocal tract - Abstract
A model is described in which the effects of articulatory movements to produce speech are generated by specifying relative acoustic events along a time axis. These events consist of directional changes of the vocal tract resonance frequencies that, when associated with a temporal event function, are transformed via acoustic sensitivity functions, into time-varying modulations of the vocal tract shape. Because the time course of the events may be considerably overlapped in time, coarticulatory effects are automatically generated. Production of sentence-level speech with the model is demonstrated with audio samples and vocal tract animations.
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- 2019
9. Frequency-modulated up-chirp stimuli enhance the auditory brainstem response of the killer whale (Orcinus orca)
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Javier Almunia, Jason Mulsow, Dorian S. Houser, and James J. Finneran
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Physics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Whale ,Bioacoustics ,Spectral density ,Audiology ,Stimulus (physiology) ,Amplitude ,Auditory brainstem response ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,medicine ,Chirp ,Sound pressure - Abstract
Previous studies suggested that frequency-modulated tonal stimuli where the frequency sweeps upward (up-chirps) may enhance auditory brainstem response (ABR) amplitudes in mammals. In this study, ABRs were measured in response to up-chirps in three killer whales (Orcinus orca) and compared to ABRs evoked by broadband clicks. Chirp durations ranged from 125 − 2000 μs. Chirp spectral content was either “uncompensated,” meaning the spectrum paralleled the transmitting response of the piezoelectric transducer, or “compensated,” where the spectral density level was flat (+/−4 dB) across the stimulus bandwidth (10 − 130 kHz). Compensated up-chirps consistently produced higher amplitude ABRs than uncompensated clicks with the same peak equivalent sound pressure level. ABR amplitude increased with up-chirp duration up to 1400 μs, although there was considerable variability between individuals. Results suggest that compensating stimuli for the response of transducers can have a dramatic effect on broadband ABRs, and that compensated up-chirps might be useful for testing whale species where large size makes far-field recording of ABRs at the skin surface difficult.Previous studies suggested that frequency-modulated tonal stimuli where the frequency sweeps upward (up-chirps) may enhance auditory brainstem response (ABR) amplitudes in mammals. In this study, ABRs were measured in response to up-chirps in three killer whales (Orcinus orca) and compared to ABRs evoked by broadband clicks. Chirp durations ranged from 125 − 2000 μs. Chirp spectral content was either “uncompensated,” meaning the spectrum paralleled the transmitting response of the piezoelectric transducer, or “compensated,” where the spectral density level was flat (+/−4 dB) across the stimulus bandwidth (10 − 130 kHz). Compensated up-chirps consistently produced higher amplitude ABRs than uncompensated clicks with the same peak equivalent sound pressure level. ABR amplitude increased with up-chirp duration up to 1400 μs, although there was considerable variability between individuals. Results suggest that compensating stimuli for the response of transducers can have a dramatic effect on broadband ABRs, a...
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- 2019
10. Expression of emotional valence in pig closed-mouth grunts: Involvement of both source- and filter-related parameters
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Lorenz Gygax, Emilie Vizier, Edna Hillmann, and Elodie F. Briefer
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Swine ,Bioacoustics ,Emotions ,Emotional valence ,Audiology ,Arousal ,03 medical and health sciences ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,medicine ,Animals ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology ,Valence (psychology) ,030304 developmental biology ,Mouth ,0303 health sciences ,Behavior, Animal ,05 social sciences ,Closed mouth ,Formant ,Face ,Voice ,Female ,Vocalization, Animal ,Psychology ,psychological phenomena and processes - Abstract
Emotion expression plays a crucial role for regulating social interactions. One efficient channel for emotion communication is the vocal-auditory channel, which enables a fast transmission of information. Filter-related parameters (formants) have been suggested as a key to the vocal differentiation of emotional valence (positive versus negative) across species, but variation in relation to emotions has rarely been investigated. Here, whether pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) closed-mouth grunts differ in source- and filter-related features when produced in situations assumed to be positive and negative is investigated. Behavioral and physiological parameters were used to validate the animals' emotional state (both in terms of valence and arousal, i.e., bodily activation). Results revealed that grunts produced in a positive situation were characterized by higher formants, a narrower range of the third formant, a shorter duration, a lower fundamental frequency, and a lower harmonicity compared to negative grunts. Particularly, formant-related parameters and duration made up most of the difference between positive and negative grunts. Therefore, these parameters have the potential to encode dynamic information and to vary as a function of the emotional valence of the emitter in pigs, and possibly in other mammals as well.
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- 2019
11. Range-dependent impacts of ocean acoustic propagation on automated classification of transmitted bowhead and humpback whale vocalizations
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Paul C. Hines and Carolyn M Binder
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Bowhead Whale ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Training set ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Transducers ,Signal-To-Noise Ratio ,biology.organism_classification ,Humpback whale ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Species level ,Acoustic propagation ,Animals ,Environmental science ,Vocalization, Animal ,Underwater acoustic propagation ,Classifier (UML) ,Humpback Whale - Abstract
Significant effort has been made over the last few decades to develop automated passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) systems capable of classifying cetaceans at the species level. The utility of such systems depends on the systems' ability to operate across a wide range of ocean acoustic environments; however, anecdotal evidence suggests that site-specific propagation characteristics impact the performance of PAM systems. Variability in propagation characteristics leads to differences in how each cetacean vocalization is altered as it propagates along the source-receiver path. A propagation experiment was conducted in the Gulf of Mexico to investigate the range-dependent impacts of acoustic propagation on the performance of an automated classifier. Modified bowhead and humpback vocalizations were transmitted over ranges from 1 to 10 km. When the classifier was trained with signals collected near the sound source, it was found that the performance decreased with increasing transmission range-this appeared to be largely explained by decreasing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Generation of performance matrices showed that one method to develop a classifier that maintains high performance across many ranges is to include a varied assortment of ranges in the training data; however, if the training set is limited, it is best to train on relatively low SNR vocalizations.
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- 2019
12. The pioneering contributions of Per Stockfleth Enger to fish bioacoustics
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Arthur N. Popper, Kathleen Horner, Anthony D. Hawkins, Olav Sand, Richard R. Fay, and Colin Chapman
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History ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Norway ,Bioacoustics ,Biophysics ,Fishes ,Neurophysiology ,Historical Article ,Biography ,Acoustics ,History, 20th Century ,History, 21st Century ,Fishery ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Animals ,%22">Fish - Published
- 2019
13. An Empirical Mode Decomposition-based detection and classification approach for marine mammal vocal signals
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Kerri D. Seger, Anthony P. Lyons, Nicholas J. Kirsch, Mahdi H. Al-Badrawi, and Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds
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0106 biological sciences ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Computer science ,business.industry ,SIGNAL (programming language) ,Process (computing) ,Pattern recognition ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Hilbert–Huang transform ,Noise ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Decomposition (computer science) ,Artificial intelligence ,Underwater ,business ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Detecting marine mammal vocalizations in underwater acoustic environments and classifying them to species level is typically an arduous manual analysis task for skilled bioacousticians. In recent years, machine learning and other automated algorithms have been explored for quickly detecting and classifying all sound sources in an ambient acoustic environment, but many of these still require a large training dataset compiled through time-intensive manual pre-processing. Here, an application of the signal decomposition technique Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) is presented, which does not require a priori knowledge and quickly detects all sound sources in a given recording. The EMD detection process extracts the possible signals in a dataset for minimal quality control post-processing before moving onto the second phase: the EMD classification process. The EMD classification process uniquely identifies and labels most sound sources in a given environment. Thirty-five recordings containing different marine mammal species and mooring hardware noises were tested with the new EMD detection and classification processes. Ultimately, these processes can be applied to acoustic index development and refinement.
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- 2018
14. On heating of tissues by shear waves generated by ultrasound
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Lev A. Ostrovsky
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Shear waves ,Hot Temperature ,Materials science ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,business.industry ,Bioacoustics ,Quantitative Biology::Tissues and Organs ,Physics::Medical Physics ,Ultrasound ,Mechanics ,Biophysical Phenomena ,Heating ,Physics::Fluid Dynamics ,Ultrasonic Waves ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Shear (geology) ,Wave structure ,Humans ,Ultrasonic sensor ,Shear Strength ,business ,Electromagnetic Phenomena ,Algorithms ,Ultrasonography - Abstract
An additional heating caused by the shear wave generated by an ultrasonic wave incident on a soft tissue boundary is considered for different tissue parameters and wave frequencies in the MHz range. The shear wave structure and the space-time dynamics of the temperature field are studied for three realistic examples of tissue parameters. It is shown that in viscous tissues the shear component can significantly contribute to the heating in a narrow layer near the boundary.
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- 2018
15. Behavioral measurements of auditory streaming and build-up by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
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Micheal L. Dent, Laurel A. Screven, and Huaizhen Cai
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Audiology ,Melopsittacus ,050105 experimental psychology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Perception ,medicine ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Latency (engineering) ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,media_common - Abstract
The perception of the build-up of auditory streaming has been widely investigated in humans, while it is unknown whether animals experience a similar perception when hearing high (H) and low (L) tonal pattern sequences. The paradigm previously used in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) was adopted in two experiments to address the build-up of auditory streaming in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). In experiment 1, different numbers of repetitions of low-high-low triplets were used in five conditions to study the build-up process. In experiment 2, 5 and 15 repetitions of high-low-high triplets were used to investigate the effects of repetition rate, frequency separation, and frequency range of the two tones on the birds' streaming perception. Similar to humans, budgerigars subjectively experienced the build-up process in auditory streaming; faster repetition rates and larger frequency separations enhanced the streaming perception, and these results were consistent across the two frequency ranges. Response latency analysis indicated that the budgerigars needed a longer amount of time to respond to stimuli that elicited a salient streaming perception. These results indicate, for the first time using a behavioral paradigm, that budgerigars experience a build-up of auditory streaming in a manner similar to humans.
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- 2018
16. A model and experimental approach to the middle ear transfer function related to hearing in the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
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David C. Mountain, Darlene R. Ketten, Andrew A. Tubelli, and Aleksandrs Zosuls
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Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Audiogram ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Transfer function ,Baleen whale ,Humpback whale ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0103 physical sciences ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Middle ear ,Inner ear ,sense organs ,010301 acoustics ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Cochlea - Abstract
At present, there are no direct measures of hearing for any baleen whale (Mysticeti). The most viable alternative to in vivo approaches to simulate the audiogram is through modeling outer, middle, and inner ear functions based on the anatomy and material properties of each component. This paper describes a finite element model of the middle ear for the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) to calculate the middle ear transfer function (METF) to determine acoustic energy transmission to the cochlea. The model was developed based on high resolution computed tomography imaging and direct anatomical measurements of the middle ear components for this mysticete species. Mechanical properties for the middle ear tissues were determined from experimental measurements and published values. The METF for the humpback whale predicted a better frequency range between approximately 15 Hz and 3 kHz or between 200 Hz and 9 kHz based on two potential stimulation locations. Experimental measures of the ossicular chain, tympanic membrane, and tympanic bone velocities showed frequency response characteristics consistent with the model. The predicted best sensitivity hearing ranges match well with known vocalizations of this species.
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- 2018
17. Echolocation and flight behavior of the bat Hipposideros armiger terasensis in a structured corridor
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Michaela Warnecke, Benjamin Falk, and Cynthia F. Moss
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0301 basic medicine ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Human echolocation ,biology.organism_classification ,Hipposideros armiger terasensis ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Geography ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Eptesicus fuscus ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
In this study, the echolocation and flight behaviors of the Taiwanese leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger terasensis), which uses constant-frequency (CF) biosonar signals combined with a frequency-modulated (FM) sweep, are compared with those of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), which uses FM signals alone. The CF-FM bat flew through a corridor bounded by vertical poles on either side, and the inter-pole spacing of the walls was manipulated to create different echo flow conditions. The bat's flight trajectories and echolocation behaviors across corridor conditions were analyzed. Like the big brown bat, the Taiwanese leaf-nosed bat centered its flight trajectory within the corridor when the pole spacing was the same on the two walls. However, the two species showed different flight behaviors when the pole spacing differed on the two walls. While the big brown bat deviated from the corridor center towards the wall with sparse pole spacing, the Taiwanese leaf-nosed bat did not. Further, in comparison to E. fuscus, H. a. terasensis utilized different echolocation patterns showing a prevalence of grouping sounds into clusters of three. These findings indicate that the two species' distinct sonar signal designs contribute to their differences in flight trajectories in a structured corridor.
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- 2018
18. Acoustic analysis of misarticulated trills in cleft lip and palate children
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S. R. Mahadeva Prasanna, Sishir Kalita, C M Vikram, and Sashank Kumar Macha
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Male ,Dynamic time warping ,Sound Spectrography ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Voice Quality ,Bioacoustics ,Cleft Lip ,Speech recognition ,Speech Acoustics ,Speech Production Measurement ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Humans ,Child ,Mathematics ,Age Factors ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Acoustics ,Fundamental frequency ,Cleft Palate ,Formant ,Female ,Mel-frequency cepstrum ,Trill (music) ,Vocal tract - Abstract
In this paper, acoustic analysis of misarticulated trills in cleft lip and palate speakers is carried out using excitation source based features: strength of excitation and fundamental frequency, derived from zero-frequency filtered signal, and vocal tract system features: first formant frequency (F1) and trill frequency, derived from the linear prediction analysis and autocorrelation approach, respectively. These features are found to be statistically significant while discriminating normal from misarticulated trills. Using acoustic features, dynamic time warping based trill misarticulation detection system is demonstrated. The performance of the proposed system in terms of the F1-score is 73.44%, whereas that for conventional Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients is 66.11%.
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- 2018
19. Sounds of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in captivity: A preliminary description
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Amalis Riera, Matthew K. Pine, Francis Juanes, and Rodney A. Rountree
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0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Boreogadus saida ,biology ,Arctic Regions ,Bioacoustics ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Zoology ,Captivity ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Gadiformes ,Sound ,Species Specificity ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Arctic ,Sympatric speciation ,Animals ,Water Pollutants, Chemical - Abstract
Sounds produced by Arctic cod were recorded for the first time and suggest passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) can be an effective additional tool for the study and management of the species. Each of the 38 calls detected in three different aquatic facilities consisted of a single grunt with 6 to 12 pulses and a mean duration of 289 ms. Call frequency ranged between 59 and 234 Hz, with a mean peak frequency of 107 Hz. These preliminary data suggest Arctic cod can be distinguished from other gadids, but additional studies of sympatric species are needed before PAM can be confidently adopted.
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- 2018
20. Modelling the broadband propagation of marine mammal echolocation clicks for click-based population density estimates
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Leonard Joseph Thomas, Alexander M. von Benda-Beckmann, Peter L. Tyack, Michael A. Ainslie, Office of Naval Research, University of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Sound Tags Group, University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group, and University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute
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Absorption (acoustics) ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Computer science ,Bioacoustics ,QH301 Biology ,Acoustics ,NDAS ,Human echolocation ,01 natural sciences ,Sonar ,Background noise ,QH301 ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Narrowband ,Marine mammal ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0103 physical sciences ,QA Mathematics ,SDG 14 - Life Below Water ,QA ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,010301 acoustics ,Detector ,Noise - Abstract
Funding: U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR Grant No. N00014-14-1-0409); P.L.T. acknowledges funding received from the MASTS pooling initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland). MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (Grant No. HR09011) and contributing institutions. Passive acoustic monitoring with widely-dispersed hydrophones has been suggested as a cost-effective method to monitor population densities of echolocating marine mammals. This requires an estimate of the area around each receiver over which vocalizations are detected—the “effective detection area” (EDA). In the absence of auxiliary measurements enabling estimation of the EDA, it can be modelled instead. Common simplifying model assumptions include approximating the spectrum of clicks by flat energy spectra, and neglecting the frequency-dependence of sound absorption within the click bandwidth (narrowband assumption), rendering the problem amenable to solution using the sonar equation. Here, it is investigated how these approximations affect the estimated EDA and their potential for biasing the estimated density. EDA was estimated using the passive sonar equation, and by applying detectors to simulated clicks injected into measurements of background noise. By comparing model predictions made using these two approaches for different spectral energy distributions of echolocation clicks, but identical click source energy level and detector settings, EDA differed by up to a factor of 2 for Blainville's beaked whales. Both methods predicted relative density bias due to narrowband assumptions ranged from 5% to more than 100%, depending on the species, detector settings, and noise conditions. Publisher PDF
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- 2018
21. A systematic method for isolating, tracking and discriminating time-frequency components of bat echolocation calls
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Laura N. Kloepper and Yanqing Fu
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0106 biological sciences ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Bioacoustics ,Bat echolocation ,Pattern recognition ,Human echolocation ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Signal ,Time–frequency analysis ,Task (computing) ,Tadarida brasiliensis ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0103 physical sciences ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,010301 acoustics - Abstract
Echolocating bats can rapidly modify frequency modulation (FM) curvatures of their calls when facing challenging echolocation tasks. Frequency parameters, such as start/end/peak frequency, have often been extracted from the time-frequency domain to study the call variation. Even though this kind of signal investigation method reveals important findings, these approaches to analyze bat echolocation calls use bulk parameters, which hide subtleties in the call structure that may be important to the bat. In some cases, calls can have the same start and end frequencies but have different FM curvatures, and subsequently may influence the sensory task performance. In the present study, the authors demonstrate an algorithm using a combination of digital filters, power limited time-frequency information, derivative dynamic time warping, and agglomerative hierarchical clustering to extract and categorize the time-frequency components (TFCs) of 21 calls from Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) to quantitatively compare FM curvatures. The detailed curvature analysis shows an alternative perspective to look into the TFCs and hence serves as the preliminary step to understand the adaptive call design of bats.
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- 2018
22. The importance of particle motion to fishes and invertebrates
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Anthony D. Hawkins and Arthur N. Popper
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0106 biological sciences ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Bioacoustics ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Environmental resource management ,Sound propagation ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Marine ecosystem ,Environmental impact assessment ,Underwater ,business ,Underwater acoustics ,Magnetosphere particle motion ,Invertebrate - Abstract
This paper considers the importance of particle motion to fishes and invertebrates and the steps that need to be taken to improve knowledge of its effects. It is aimed at scientists investigating the impacts of sounds on fishes and invertebrates but it is also relevant to regulators, those preparing environmental impact assessments, and to industries creating underwater sounds. The overall aim of this paper is to ensure that proper attention is paid to particle motion as a stimulus when evaluating the effects of sound upon aquatic life. Directions are suggested for future research and planning that, if implemented, will provide a better scientific basis for dealing with the impact of underwater sounds on marine ecosystems and for regulating those human activities that generate such sounds. The paper includes background material on underwater acoustics, focusing on particle motion; the importance of particle motion to fishes and invertebrates; and sound propagation through both water and the substrate. Consideration is then given to the data gaps that must be filled in order to better understand the interactions between particle motion and aquatic animals. Finally, suggestions are provided on how to increase the understanding of particle motion and its relevance to aquatic animals.
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- 2018
23. Comments on 'Killer whale (Orcinus orca) behavioral audiograms' [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141, 2387–2398 (2017)]
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Henry E. Heffner and Rickye S. Heffner
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Whale ,Bioacoustics ,Audiogram ,Audiology ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,medicine ,Psychology ,010301 acoustics ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Branstetter and his colleagues present the audiograms of eight killer whales and provide a comprehensive review of previous killer whale audiograms. In their paper, they say that the present authors have reported a relationship between size and high-frequency hearing but that echolocating cetaceans might be a special case. The purpose of these comments is to clarify that the relationship of a species' high-frequency hearing is not to its size (mass) but to its "functional interaural distance" (a measure of the availability of sound-localization cues). Moreover, it has previously been noted that echolocating animals, cetaceans as well as bats, have extended their high-frequency hearing somewhat beyond the frequencies used by comparable non-echolocators for passive localization.
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- 2018
24. Effects of vibratory pile driver noise on echolocation and vigilance in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
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Megan Tormey, Victoria Bowman, James J. Finneran, Brian K. Branstetter, Patchouly N. Banks, Keith Jenkins, and Dorian S. Houser
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0106 biological sciences ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Acoustics ,Group behavior ,Human echolocation ,Pile driver ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Noise ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Environmental science ,Detection performance ,Sound pressure ,Vigilance (psychology) ,media_common - Abstract
Vibratory pile drivers, used for marine construction, can produce sustained, high sound pressure levels (SPLs) in areas that overlap with dolphin habitats. Dolphins rely on echolocation for navigation, detecting predators and prey, and to coordinate group behavior. This study examined the effects of vibratory pile driver noise on dolphin sustained target detection capabilities through echolocation. Five dolphins were required to scan their enclosure and indicate the occurrences of phantom echoes during five different source levels of vibratory pile driver playback sound (no-playback control, 110, 120, 130, and 140 dB re 1 μPa). Three of the dolphins demonstrated a significant decrease in target detection performance at 140 dB playback level that was associated with an almost complete secession of echolocation activity. The performance of two dolphins was not affected. All dolphins rapidly returned to baseline levels of target detection performance by their second replication. However, an increased number of clicks was produced at the highest playback SPL. The data suggest that the decrease in vigilant behavior was due to the vibratory pile driver noise distracting the dolphins and decreasing their motivation to perform the task.
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- 2018
25. An Introduction to the Technical Committee on Animal Bioacoustics
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Benjamin N. Taft and Laura N. Kloepper
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Engineering ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,business.industry ,Bioacoustics ,Technical committee ,Engineering ethics ,business - Published
- 2021
26. Remote and autonomous platforms for measuring broadband backscatter
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R.A. Petitt, Andone C. Lavery, and Christopher Bassett
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Profiling (computer programming) ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Backscatter ,Computer science ,Bioacoustics ,Broadband ,Acoustical oceanography ,Mooring ,Sonar ,REMUS ,Remote sensing - Abstract
The use of broadband acoustic sonars in acoustical oceanography studies in a broad range of environments, particularly for ecological studies, has rapidly overtaken the use of traditional narrowband sonar systems. Almost as importantly, and often underrecognized, is the diversity of platforms that have been used to support these measurements. In this talk, we present broadband acoustic backscatter collected from a number of platforms, including AUVs, a variety of towed and profiling systems, and a bioacoustics mooring. The primary focus of this talk will be on the data collected from REMUS 600 and REMUS 100 AUVs, and the types of science questions that these platforms, outfitted with broadband scientific echosounders, best support. This work was supported by the Ocean Acoustics and Task Force Ocean Programs at the Office of Naval Research.
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- 2021
27. Last call: Passive acoustic monitoring shows continued rapid decline of critically endangered vaquita
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Nicholas Tregenza, Jay Barlow, Jeffrey E. Moore, Armando Jaramillo-Legorreta, Len Thomas, Edwyna Nieto-Garcia, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Barbara L. Taylor, Gustavo Cárdenas-Hinojosa, University of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, and University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
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0106 biological sciences ,Time Factors ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Vaquita ,Bioacoustics ,QH301 Biology ,Transducers ,NDAS ,Human echolocation ,Porpoises ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,QH301 ,Critically endangered ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,Credible interval ,Animals ,QA Mathematics ,QA ,Population Density ,GE ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Population size ,Endangered Species ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Acoustics ,biology.organism_classification ,Fishery ,Echolocation ,Environmental science ,Vocalization, Animal ,Porpoise ,Environmental Monitoring ,GE Environmental Sciences - Abstract
Funding: the Mexican Government (through the Mexican Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), especially Minister R. Pacchiano and A. Michel; U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, in particular T. Ragen, R. Lent, and P. Thomas; the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mexico, in particular O. Vidal and E. Sanjurjo; Le Equipe Cousteau; The Ocean Foundation; Fonds de Dotation pour la Biodiversité; MAAF Assurances (Save Your Logo); WWF-US; Opel Project Earth; Fideicomiso Fondo para la Biodiversidad; Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático; Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas; and Directorate of the Reserva de la Biósfera Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado. The vaquita is a critically endangered species of porpoise. It produces echolocation clicks, making it a good candidate for passive acoustic monitoring. A systematic grid of sensors has been deployed for 3 months annually since 2011; results from 2016 are reported here. Statistical models (to compensate for non-uniform data loss) show an overall decline in the acoustic detection rate between 2015 and 2016 of 49% (95% credible interval 82% decline to 8% increase), and total decline between 2011 and 2016 of over 90%. Assuming the acoustic detection rate is proportional to population size, approximately 30 vaquita (95% credible interval 8–96) remained in November 2016. Publisher PDF
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- 2017
28. Acoustic occurrence detection of a newly recorded Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin population in waters southwest of Hainan Island, China
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Lijun Dong, Mingming Liu, Songhai Li, and Jianchen Dong
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0106 biological sciences ,China ,Sound Spectrography ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Dolphins ,Population ,Human echolocation ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Population density ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Animals ,education ,Population Density ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Acoustics ,biology.organism_classification ,Humpback dolphin ,Circadian Rhythm ,Oceanography ,Geography ,Echolocation ,Vocalization, Animal ,Bay ,Indo-Pacific ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
In 2014, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins were recorded for the first time in waters southwest of Hainan Island, China. In this paper, the temporal occurrence of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in this region was detected by stationary passive acoustic monitoring. During the 130-day observation period (from January to July 2016), 1969 click trains produced by Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins were identified, and 262 ten-minute recording bins contained echolocation click trains of dolphins, of which 70.9% were at night and 29.1% were during the day. A diurnal rhythm with a nighttime peak in acoustic detections was found. Passive acoustic detections indicated that the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins frequently occurred in this area and were detected mainly at night. This information may be relevant to conservation efforts for these dolphins in the near future.
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- 2017
29. Sound production patterns of big-clawed snapping shrimp (Alpheus spp.) are influenced by time-of-day and social context
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Ashlee Lillis, Apryle Panyi, T. Aran Mooney, and Jessica N. Perelman
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Male ,0106 biological sciences ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Sound production ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Mesocosm ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Decapoda ,Alpheus heterochaelis ,Animals ,Social Behavior ,Ecosystem ,Sound (geography) ,Population Density ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Acoustic ecology ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Acoustics ,biology.organism_classification ,Circadian Rhythm ,Shrimp ,Animal Communication ,Fishery ,Oceanography ,Habitat ,Female ,Noise - Abstract
Snapping shrimp are perhaps the most pervasive sources of biological sound in the ocean. The snapping sounds of cryptic shrimp colonies in shallow coastal habitats worldwide create a near-continuous crackling with high spatiotemporal variability, yet the underlying acoustic ecology is not well understood. This study investigated sound production rates and acoustic behavior of snapping shrimp species common in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico (Alpheus heterochaelis and Alpheus angulosus). Snap rates were measured in a controlled laboratory setting under natural light, temperature, and substrate conditions for shrimp held individually, in pairs, and in a ten-shrimp mesocosm, to test hypotheses that acoustic activity varies with time-of-day and social context. Spontaneous snapping was observed for 81 out of 84 solitary shrimp monitored. Time-of-day influenced snap output for individuals and same-sex pairs-higher rates occurred during dusk and night, compared to daylight hours, but this pattern was inconsistent for opposite-sex pairs and a mixed-sex group. These laboratory results provide insight into behavioral rhythms that may influence snapping patterns in natural populations, and underscore the limited understanding of a major sound source in marine environments.
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- 2017
30. Evaluation of an experimental electrohydraulic discharge device for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: Pressure field of sparker array
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Guangyan Li, Bret A. Connors, Andrew P. Evan, Ray B. Schaefer, and John Gallagher
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Shock wave ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,High-Energy Shock Waves ,Motion ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Optics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Lithotripsy ,Pressure ,Transducers, Pressure ,medicine ,Fiber Optic Technology ,Waveform ,Ultrasonics ,Physics ,Hydrophone ,business.industry ,Biomedical Acoustics ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Equipment Design ,Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy ,Pulse (physics) ,Transducer ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,business - Abstract
In this paper, an extracorporeal shock wave source composed of small ellipsoidal sparker units is described. The sparker units were arranged in an array designed to produce a coherent shock wave of sufficient strength to fracture kidney stones. The objective of this paper was to measure the acoustical output of this array of 18 individual sparker units and compare this array to commercial lithotripters. Representative waveforms acquired with a fiber-optic probe hydrophone at the geometric focus of the sparker array indicated that the sparker array produces a shock wave (P+ ∼40–47 MPa, P− ∼2.5–5.0 MPa) similar to shock waves produced by a Dornier HM-3 or Dornier Compact S. The sparker array's pressure field map also appeared similar to the measurements from a HM-3 and Compact S. Compared to the HM-3, the electrohydraulic technology of the sparker array produced a more consistent SW pulse (shot-to-shot positive pressure value standard deviation of ±4.7 MPa vs ±3.3 MPa).
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- 2017
31. Allometric trends reveal distinct evolutionary trajectories for avian communication
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Carlos B. de Araújo, Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez, and Ingrid M. D. Torres
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0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Semi-major axis ,Biology ,Body size ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Birds ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Animals ,Body Size ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology ,05 social sciences ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Acoustics ,Dominant frequency ,Biological Evolution ,Regression ,Animal classification ,Evolutionary biology ,Signal production ,Allometry ,Vocalization, Animal - Abstract
Acoustic signal production is affected by allometric relationships, by which the larger the animal, the lower its call frequency. In this paper, three evolutionary acoustic hypotheses were tested: the Signal-to-Noise Ratio Hypothesis (SNRH), in which evolution maximizes call ranges by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio; the Stimulus Threshold Hypothesis (STH), in which evolution maximizes the range of a specific signal threshold; and the Body Size Hypothesis (BSH), in which the emission of long wavelengths is enabled by body size. Three spectral metrics were measured, Dominant Frequency (FDOM), Minimum Fundamental Frequencies (FFMIN), and Maximum Fundamental Frequencies (FFMAX) of Neotropical Parrots, New World Doves, Woodcreepers, Tinamous, and Thrushes. A Ranged Major Axis (RMA) regression showed that body mass is significantly correlated with all of the spectral parameters in Parrots, Doves, and Woodcreepers, but only with the fundamental frequencies of Tinamous. The FDOM of Parrots corroborated the SNRH. The FFMIN of Woodcreepers and Tinamous corroborated the SNRH and BSH. The FFMAX of Parrots corroborated the STH and BSH. Those acoustic hypotheses could shed light on the evolutionary processes involved in avian communication, although results indicate that these depend on the taxa and spectral parameters considered.
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- 2017
32. Representation of bioacoustic sound data through graphical similarities to enhance knowledge discovery
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Ryan A. McCarthy
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geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Computer science ,Bioacoustics ,Speech recognition ,Sample (statistics) ,Biological classification ,Noise ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Knowledge extraction ,Spectrogram ,Representation (mathematics) ,Sound (geography) - Abstract
Autonomous detection and classification of species through bioacoustics sound has been an ongoing and challenging problem due to noise, overlapping sound, and varying frequency components. This work assesses bioacoustic sound data through speech patterns similarities by utilizing graphical representations of features found in spectrograms. Speech within the received sound can be characterized as individual components within the spectrogram that can be used to identify species. In this work, individual components are connected high PSD dB values in the spectrogram that form unique shapes. By representing these components through graphical representations, similarities of speech can be seen as repeating patterns across larger collected data sets that can be associated with certain behaviors of species. An example resulting graphical representation is presented through a sample humpback whale speech collected. [This research is funded by the Office of Naval Research under Grant No. N00014-19-1-2609.]
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- 2021
33. Improving data labeling efficiency for deep learning-facilitated bioacoustics monitoring
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Jonas Braasch and Mallory Morgan
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Data labeling ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Deep learning ,Context (language use) ,Machine learning ,computer.software_genre ,Reduction (complexity) ,Hierarchical neural network ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Labeled data ,Artificial intelligence ,Unavailability ,business ,computer - Abstract
Over the last decade, deep learning has proven invaluable for classifying data with complex spatial and temporal relationships. Unfortunately, its utility in the context of bioacoustics monitoring has been limited by the unavailability of large, labeled datasets of species vocalizations. To explore solutions to this problem, various deep learning architectures and techniques were evaluated for their ability to reduce the data labeling efforts required to characterize the distinct sound stimuli present in two different acoustic environments. Located around Lake George, NY, these sites were acoustically monitored nearly continuously for 12 months. Commonly employed techniques such as transfer and semi-supervised learning were then analyzed for their ability to reduce the amount of labeled data necessary to achieve state-of-the-art classification results. Meanwhile, cross-corpus training was used to provide automatic “pre-labels” for these datasets, reducing the amount of total time associated with data labeling efforts. A hierarchical neural network was also implemented in order to reduce the performance costs associated with encountering sound stimuli in the test dataset that was not captured in the training dataset, perhaps as a result of the reduction techniques outlined.
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- 2021
34. Tom Norris: One scientist can make a lasting difference
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Anurag Kumar
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Passive acoustic monitoring ,History ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Bioacoustics ,Environmental ethics - Abstract
Most of us in our youth have never heard of the term bioacoustics, let alone knew this could be a possible career option. Yet almost all of us in our youth have heard the fascinating sounds humpback whales make. Early on, it took an adventurous spirit, inquisitive mind, and perseverance to learn a wide variety of disciplines to study marine mammal bioacoustics. Even today, bioacoustics it typically a college course and not a full degree. Tom Norris was one of the few early scientists that helped shape what it takes to study bioacoustics and paved the way for others. With increasing concern about the potential impacts to marine mammals from noise in the ocean, there has been greater demand for those with a background in bioacoustics. Part of that overall interest has been using acoustics to passively listen and monitor marine mammal sounds, to learn more about the occurrence and distribution of these animals. Tom Norris’s efforts to create a better, more cost effective approach, helped shape the way that we use passive acoustic monitoring to study marine mammals today.
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- 2021
35. Identification of two potential whale calls in the southern Indian Ocean, and their geographic and seasonal occurrence
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Emmanuelle C. Leroy, Flore Samaran, Julien Bonnel, Jean-Yves Royer, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Géosciences Océan (LGO), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - Brest (IFREMER Centre de Bretagne), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lab-STICC_ENSTAB_CID_TOMS, Laboratoire des sciences et techniques de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance (Lab-STICC), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Domaines Océaniques (LDO), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - Brest (IFREMER Centre de Bretagne), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)
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0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Subspecies ,01 natural sciences ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,[SDU.STU.VO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Volcanology ,Animals ,14. Life underwater ,Indian Ocean ,010301 acoustics ,[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography ,[SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics ,biology ,Balaenoptera ,Whale ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Acoustics ,biology.organism_classification ,Indian ocean ,Geography ,Oceanography ,Identification (biology) ,Seasons ,Vocalization, Animal ,[SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology - Abstract
International audience; Since passive acoustic monitoring is widely used, unidentified acoustic signals from marine mammals are commonly reported. The signal characteristics and emission patterns are the main clues to identify the possible sources. In this study, the authors describe two previously unidentified sounds, recorded at up to five widely-spaced sites (30 × 30 degree area) in the southern Indian Ocean, in 2007 and between 2010 and 2015. The first reported signal (M-call) consists of a single tonal unit near 22 Hz and lasting about 10 s, repeated with an interval longer than 2 min. This signal is only detected in 2007. The second signal (P-call) is also a tonal unit of 10 s, repeated every 160 s, but at a frequency near 27 Hz. Its yearly number increased greatly between 2007 and 2010, and moderately since then. Based on their characteristics and seasonal patterns, this study shows that both signals are clearly distinct from any known calls of blue whale subspecies and populations dwelling in the southern Indian Ocean. However, they display similarities with blue whale vocalizations. More particularly, the P-call can be mistaken for the first tonal unit of the Antarctic blue whale Z-call.
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- 2017
36. Changes in humpback whale singing behavior with abundance: Implications for the development of acoustic surveys of cetaceans
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Rebecca A. Dunlop, Michael J. Noad, and Amelia K. Mack
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0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Range (biology) ,Bioacoustics ,Population ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Population density ,Humpback whale ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Abundance (ecology) ,0103 physical sciences ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Animals ,education ,010301 acoustics ,Relative species abundance ,Humpback Whale ,Population Density ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Australia ,Acoustics ,biology.organism_classification ,Fishery ,Oceanography ,Geography ,Vocalization, Animal ,Singing ,psychological phenomena and processes - Abstract
Acoustic surveys of vocal animals can have significant advantages over visual surveys, particularly for marine mammals. For acoustic density estimates to be viable, however, the vocal output of the animals surveyed needs to be determined under a range of conditions and shown to be a robust predictor of abundance. In this study, the songs of humpback whales, one of the most vocal and best studied species of marine mammals, were tested as predictors of abundance. Two acoustic metrics, the number of singing whales and amount of songs produced, were compared with the number of whales seen traversing a study site on the eastern coast of Australia over an 18 year period. Although there were predictive relationships between both metrics and numbers of passing whales, these relationships changed significantly as the population grew in size. The proportion of passing whales that sang decreased as the population increased. Singing in humpback whales, therefore, is a poor predictor even of relative abundance and illustrates the caution required when developing acoustic survey techniques particularly when using social vocalizations.
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- 2017
37. Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) auditory brainstem responses recorded using conventional and randomized stimulation and averaging
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James J. Finneran
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Audiology ,Stimulus (physiology) ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Hearing ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0103 physical sciences ,Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,Waveform ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,010301 acoustics ,Jitter ,Mathematics ,Pseudorandom number generator ,Interstimulus interval ,Auditory Threshold ,Electroencephalography ,Bottle-Nosed Dolphin ,Auditory brainstem response ,Acoustic Stimulation ,Female ,Deconvolution ,Brain Stem - Abstract
Auditory brainstem response (ABR) measurements using conventional averaging (i.e., constant interstimulus interval, ISI) are limited to stimulus rates low enough to prevent overlapping of the ABRs to successive stimuli. To overcome this limitation, stimuli may be presented at high rates using pseudorandom sequences (e.g., maximum length sequences) or quasi-periodic sequences; however, these methods restrict the available stimulus sequences and require deconvolution to recover the ABR from the overlapping responses. Randomized stimulation and averaging (RSA) is an alternate method where evoked responses at high rates are obtained by averaging responses to stimuli with ISIs drawn from a random distribution. The RSA method enables precise control over stimulus jitter, is flexible with respect to stimulus sequence parameters, and does not require deconvolution to extract the ABR waveform. In this study, ABRs were measured in three normal-hearing dolphins using conventional averaging and RSA. Results show the RSA method to be effective in dolphins if the ISI jitter ≥ ∼1.5 ms and that the influence of stimulus artifacts in the averaged ABR can be substantially reduced by alternating stimulus polarity on successive presentations rather than employing digital blanking or iterative processes.
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- 2017
38. Hearing thresholds of a male and a female harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
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Shirley Van de Voorde, Ronald A. Kastelein, and Lean Helder-Hoek
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Phocoena ,Audiology ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sensitive hearing ,Sex Factors ,0302 clinical medicine ,Audiometry ,Hearing ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Policy decision ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,010301 acoustics ,Behavior, Animal ,biology ,Auditory Threshold ,Audiogram ,biology.organism_classification ,Acoustic Stimulation ,Hearing range ,Female ,Porpoise ,Psychoacoustics - Abstract
To study intra-species variability in audiograms, the hearing sensitivity of a six-year-old female and a three-year-old male harbor porpoise was measured by using a standard psycho-acoustic technique under low ambient noise conditions. The porpoises' hearing thresholds for 13 narrow-band sweeps with center frequencies between 0.125 and 150 kHz were established. The resulting audiograms were U-shaped and similar. The main difference (25 dB) in mean thresholds between the two porpoises was at the high-frequency end of the hearing range (at 150 kHz). Maximum sensitivity (47 dB re 1 μPa for the female and 44 dB re 1 μPa for the male) occurred at 125 kHz. The range of most sensitive hearing (defined as within 10 dB of maximum sensitivity) was from 16 to ∼140 kHz. Sensitivity declined sharply above 125 kHz. All five porpoises for which a valid behavioral audiogram now exists were rehabilitated stranded animals, all were tested with similar psycho-acoustic techniques, and all had similar audiograms. The present study provides further evidence to confirm that the hearing range and sensitivity of the first three harbor porpoises, which have been used in secondary research and on which policy decisions have been based, are representative of those of young harbor porpoises in general.
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- 2017
39. Variation in echolocation call frequencies in two species of free-tailed bats according to temperature and humidity
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Oscar E. Quirós and Gloriana Chaverri
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0106 biological sciences ,Echolocation call ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Microphone ,Bioacoustics ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Attenuation ,Acoustics ,Humidity ,Molossus molossus ,Human echolocation ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Animals-Bat ,599.4 Chiroptera (Quirópteros, Murciélagos) ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Molossops temminckii ,Environmental science ,Constant frequency - Abstract
Bats can actively adjust their echolocation signals to specific habitats and tasks, yet it is not known if bats also modify their calls to decrease atmospheric attenuation. Here the authors test the hypothesis that individuals emit echolocation calls ideally suited to current conditions of temperature and humidity. The authors recorded two species, Molossus molossus and Molossops temminckii, in the field under different conditions of humidity and temperature. For each species, two calls were analyzed: the shorter frequency modulated (FM) signals that bats emitted as they approached the recording microphone, and the longer constant frequency (CF) calls emitted thereafter. For each signal, the authors extracted peak frequency and duration, and compared these parameters among species, call type, and environmental conditions. The authors' results show significant differences in peak frequency and duration among environmental conditions for both call types. Bats decreased the frequency and increased duration of CF calls as atmospheric attenuation increased; using a lower-frequency call may increase the range of detection by a few meters as atmospheric attenuation increases. The same trend was not observed for FM calls, which may be explained by the primary role of these signals in short-range target localization. UCR::Sedes Regionales::Sede del Sur
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- 2017
40. Biosonar signal propagation in the harbor porpoise's (Phocoena phocoena) head: The role of various structures in the formation of the vertical beam
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Zhongchang Song, Yu Zhang, Whitlow W. L. Au, Chong Wei, and Darlene R. Ketten
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0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Finite Element Analysis ,Human echolocation ,Phocoena ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Motion ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,Pressure ,Animals ,Computer Simulation ,Sound pressure ,010301 acoustics ,Air Sacs ,biology ,Skull ,Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted ,Vertical plane ,Models, Theoretical ,biology.organism_classification ,Sound ,Echolocation ,Vocalization, Animal ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Acoustic impedance ,Head ,Porpoise ,Beam (structure) ,Geology - Abstract
Harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) use narrow band echolocation signals for detecting and locating prey and for spatial orientation. In this study, acoustic impedance values of tissues in the porpoise's head were calculated from computer tomography (CT) scan and the corresponding Hounsfield Units. A two-dimensional finite element model of the acoustic impedance was constructed based on CT scan data to simulate the acoustic propagation through the animal's head. The far field transmission beam pattern in the vertical plane and the waveforms of the receiving points around the forehead were compared with prior measurement results, the simulation results were qualitatively consistent with the measurement results. The role of the main structures in the head such as the air sacs, melon and skull in the acoustic propagation was investigated. The results showed that air sacs and skull are the major components to form the vertical beam. Additionally, both beam patterns and sound pressure of the sound waves through four positions deep inside the melon were demonstrated to show the role of the melon in the biosonar sound propagation processes in the vertical plane.
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41. Measurements of inter-cochlear level and phase differences of bone-conducted sound
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Robert McLeod and John F. Culling
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Adult ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Phase (waves) ,Vibration ,Mastoid ,Motion ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hearing Aids ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bone conduction ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Cochlea ,Mathematics ,Attenuation ,Equipment Design ,Psychological and Physiological Acoustics ,medicine.disease ,Conductive hearing loss ,Sound ,Transducer ,Acoustic Stimulation ,Bone Conduction ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Bone-anchored hearing aids are a widely used method of treating conductive hearing loss, but the benefit of bilateral implantation is limited due to interaural cross-talk. The present study measured the phase and level of pure tones reaching each cochlea from a single, mastoid placed bone transducer on normal hearing participants. In principle, the technique could be used to implement a cross-talk cancellation system in those with bilateral bone conductors. The phase and level of probe tones over two insert earphones was adjusted until they canceled sound from a bone transducer (i.e., resulting in perceived silence). Testing was performed in 50-Hz steps between 0.25 and 8 kHz. Probe phase and level results were used to calculate inter-cochlear level and phase differences. The inter-cochlear phase differences of the bone-conducted sound were similar for all three participants showing a relatively linear increase between 4 and 8 kHz. The attenuation characteristics were highly variable over the frequency range as well as between participants. This variability was thought to be related to differences in skull dynamics across the ears. Repeated measurements of cancellation phase and level of the same frequency produced good consistency across sessions from the same participant.
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42. Killer whale (Orcinus orca) behavioral audiograms
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John L. Stewart, Keith Jenkins, Doug Acton, Brian K. Branstetter, Dorian S. Houser, Judy St. Leger, and James J. Finneran
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Male ,0106 biological sciences ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Hearing loss ,Acoustics ,Zoology ,Body size ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Marine mammal ,Audiometry ,Hearing ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,Reaction Time ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,Body Size ,010301 acoustics ,Swimming ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Whale ,Auditory Threshold ,Audiogram ,Acoustic Stimulation ,Female ,Whale, Killer ,medicine.symptom ,Psychoacoustics - Abstract
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are one of the most cosmopolitan marine mammal species with potential widespread exposure to anthropogenic noise impacts. Previous audiometric data on this species were from two adult females [Szymanski, Bain, Kiehl, Pennington, Wong, and Henry (1999). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 1322-1326] and one sub-adult male [Hall and Johnson (1972). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 51, 515-517] with apparent high-frequency hearing loss. All three killer whales had best sensitivity between 15 and 20 kHz, with thresholds lower than any odontocete tested to date, suggesting this species might be particularly sensitive to acoustic disturbance. The current study reports the behavioral audiograms of eight killer whales at two different facilities. Hearing sensitivity was measured from 100 Hz to 160 kHz in killer whales ranging in age from 12 to 52 year. Previously measured low thresholds at 20 kHz were not replicated in any individual. Hearing in the killer whales was generally similar to other delphinids, with lowest threshold (49 dB re 1 μPa) at approximately 34 kHz, good hearing (i.e., within 20 dB of best sensitivity) from 5 to 81 kHz, and low- and high-frequency hearing cutoffs (100 dB re μPa) of 600 Hz and 114 kHz, respectively.
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43. Automatic classification of whistles from coastal dolphins of the southern African subregion
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Simon Harvey Elwen, Tess Gridley, and Florence Erbs
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0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Passive acoustic monitoring ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Dolphins ,Acoustics ,Delphinus delphis ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Automation ,Species Specificity ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,biology.animal ,0103 physical sciences ,Animals ,Tursiops aduncus ,Statistical analysis ,010301 acoustics ,Africa South of the Sahara ,biology ,Small number ,Sampling (statistics) ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,biology.organism_classification ,Geography ,Vocalization, Animal ,Cartography ,Environmental Monitoring ,Global biodiversity - Abstract
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is commonly used to generate information on the distribution, abundance, and behavior of cetacean species. In African waters, the utilization of PAM lags behind most other continents. This study examines whether the whistles of three coastal delphinid species (Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus, and Tursiops aduncus) commonly encountered in the southern African subregion can be readily distinguished using both statistical analysis of standard whistle parameters and the automated detection and classification software PAMGuard. A first account of whistles recorded from D. delphis from South Africa is included. Using PAMGuard, classification to species was high with an overall mean correct classification rate of 87.3%. Although lower, high rates of correct classification were also found (78.4%) when the two T. aduncus populations were included separately. Classification outcomes reflected patterns observed in standard whistle parameters. Such acoustic discrimination may be useful for confirmation of morphologically similar species in the field. Classification success was influenced by training and testing the classifier with data from different populations, highlighting the importance of locally collected acoustic data to inform classifiers. The small number of sampling populations may have inflated the classification success, therefore, classification trials using a greater number of species are recommended.
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44. Social sounds produced by franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetartiodactyla, Pontoporiidae)
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Randall S. Wells, Paulo C. Simões-Lopes, Pablo Bordino, Marta Jussara Cremer, and Annelise C. Holz
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Male ,0106 biological sciences ,Sound Spectrography ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Dolphins ,Sotalia guianensis ,Signal-To-Noise Ratio ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Pattern Recognition, Automated ,Motion ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0103 physical sciences ,Transducers, Pressure ,Animals ,Social Behavior ,010301 acoustics ,Sound (geography) ,Population Density ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Water ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Acoustics ,Equipment Design ,biology.organism_classification ,Fishery ,Sound ,Oceanography ,Cetartiodactyla ,Female ,Vocalization, Animal ,Bay ,Brazil - Abstract
Franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) whistles were documented for the first time during 2003-2013 in Babitonga Bay estuary, South Brazil, together with burst pulses. Recordings were made from small boats under good sea conditions, and recording equipment that allowed analysis of sounds up to 96 kHz. The recordings were made in the presence of 2-31 franciscana dolphins. During 23 h and 53 min, 90 whistles and 51 burst pulse series were recorded. Although Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) inhabit nearby waters, none were observed in the area during the recordings. The authors recorded ten types of whistles. The initial frequency varied between 1.6 and 94.6 kHz, and the final frequency varied between 0.7 and 94.5 kHz; the authors were not able to determine if dolphin whistles exceeded the 96 kHz recording limit of the authors' equipment, although that is likely, especially because some whistles showed harmonics. Whistle duration varied between 0.008 and 0.361 s. Burst pulses had initial frequencies between 69 and 82.1 kHz (77 ± 3.81). These results showed that P. blainvillei produces whistles and burst pulses, although they seem to be produced infrequently.
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45. Classification of underwater vocalizations of wild spotted seals (Phoca largha) in Liaodong Bay, China
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Peijun Zhang, Per Berggren, Xiaomei Xu, Bing Li, Jiabo Han, and Liangliang Yang
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0106 biological sciences ,China ,Sound Spectrography ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,Acoustics ,Zoology ,Phoca ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Motion ,Species Specificity ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Oscillometry ,Hydrurga leptonyx ,Animals ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology ,Underwater ,Harp seal ,Chi-Square Distribution ,biology ,05 social sciences ,Water ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,biology.organism_classification ,Sound ,Phoca largha ,Multivariate Analysis ,Harbor seal ,Vocalization, Animal ,Bay - Abstract
Underwater vocalizations were recorded and classified from wild spotted seals (Phoca largha) in Liaodong Bay, China. The spotted seals exhibited an extensive underwater vocal repertoire but with limited complexity. Four major call types, representing 77.8% of all calls recorded, were identified using multivariate analyses of ten acoustic parameters; knock, growl, drum, and sweep. The calls were relatively brief (12-270 ms, mean of -10 dB duration) pulsating sounds of low-frequency (peak frequency
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46. Temporal and spatial variation in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina L.) roar calls from southern Scandinavia
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Ole Næsbye Larsen, Magnus Wahlberg, Puk Faxe Sabinsky, and Jakob Tougaard
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Male ,0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Sound Spectrography ,Time Factors ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,SEASON ,Tides ,01 natural sciences ,Sexual Behavior, Animal ,GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION ,Seas ,MATING TACTICS ,biology ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,DIFFERENTIATION ,Variation (linguistics) ,Oceanography ,Geography ,Harbor seal ,Seasons ,Bioacoustics ,Phoca ,Scandinavian and Nordic Countries ,Natural variation ,010603 evolutionary biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Diel vertical migration ,COMPLEXITY ,Underwater Sound ,Acoustics ,Seasonality ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Marine Vessels ,Agroacoustics ,Fishery ,REPRODUCTION ,030104 developmental biology ,GENETIC DATA ,ERIGNATHUS-BARBATUS ,PATTERNS ,Spatial variability ,Vocalization, Animal ,UNDERWATER VOCALIZATIONS - Abstract
Male harbor seals gather around breeding sites for competitive mating displays. Here, they produce underwater vocalizations possibly to attract females and/or scare off other males. These calls offer prospects for passive acoustic monitoring. Acoustic monitoring requires a good understanding of natural variation in calling behavior both temporally and among geographically separate sites. Such variation in call structure and calling patterns were studied in harbor seal vocalizations recorded at three locations in Danish and Swedish waters. There was a strong seasonality in the calls from end of June to early August. Vocalizations at two locations followed a diel pattern, with an activity peak at night. Recordings from one location also showed a peak in call rate at high tide. Large geographic variations were obvious in the total duration of the so-called roar call, the duration of the most prominent part of the call (the roar burst), and of percentage of energy in roar burst. A similarly large variation was also found when comparing the recordings from two consecutive years at the same site. Thus, great care must be taken to separate variation attributable to recording conditions from genuine biological differences when comparing harbor seal roars among recording sites and between years. (C) 2017 Acoustical Society of America.
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47. Time domain reconstruction of sound speed and attenuation in ultrasound computed tomography using full wave inversiona)
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Ben T. Cox, Mailyn Perez-Liva, Eric L. Miller, J. M. Udías, Joaquin L. Herraiz, and Bradley E. Treeby
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Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Computer science ,Image quality ,business.industry ,Bioacoustics ,Attenuation ,Acoustics ,Physics::Medical Physics ,Ultrasound ,Iterative reconstruction ,Wave equation ,medicine.disease ,01 natural sciences ,010309 optics ,Breast cancer ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Ultrasonic velocity ,Frequency domain ,Speed of sound ,0103 physical sciences ,medicine ,Time domain ,business ,010301 acoustics ,Acoustic attenuation - Abstract
Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique that provides information about the acoustic properties of soft tissues in the body, such as the speed of sound (SS) and acoustic attenuation (AA). Knowledge of these properties can improve the discrimination between benign and malignant masses, especially in breast cancer studies. Full wave inversion (FWI) methods for image reconstruction in USCT provide the best image quality compared to more approximate methods. Using FWI, the SS is usually recovered in the time domain, and the AA is usually recovered in the frequency domain. Nevertheless, as both properties can be obtained from the same data, it is desirable to have a common framework to reconstruct both distributions. In this work, an algorithm is proposed to reconstruct both the SS and AA distributions using a time domain FWI methodology based on the fractional Laplacian wave equation, an adjoint field formulation, and a gradient-descent method. The optimization code employs a Compute Unified Device Architecture version of the software k-Wave, which provides high computational efficiency. The performance of the method was evaluated using simulated noisy data from numerical breast phantoms. Errors were less than 0.5% in the recovered SS and 10% in the AA.
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48. Acoustic differentiation of Shiho- and Naisa-type short-finned pilot whales in the Pacific Ocean
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Jay Barlow, Robin W. Baird, T. Aran Mooney, Amy M. Van Cise, and Marie A. Roch
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0106 biological sciences ,Oceanography ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Range (biology) ,Bioacoustics ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Genetic samples ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Pacific ocean ,Divergence - Abstract
Divergence in acoustic signals used by different populations of marine mammals can be caused by a variety of environmental, hereditary, or social factors, and can indicate isolation between those populations. Two types of genetically and morphologically distinct short-finned pilot whales, called the Naisa- and Shiho-types when first described off Japan, have been identified in the Pacific Ocean. Acoustic differentiation between these types would support their designation as sub-species or species, and improve the understanding of their distribution in areas where genetic samples are difficult to obtain. Calls from two regions representing the two types were analyzed using 24 recordings from Hawai'i (Naisa-type) and 12 recordings from the eastern Pacific Ocean (Shiho-type). Calls from the two types were significantly differentiated in median start frequency, frequency range, and duration, and were significantly differentiated in the cumulative distribution of start frequency, frequency range, and duration. Gaussian mixture models were used to classify calls from the two different regions with 74% accuracy, which was significantly greater than chance. The results of these analyses indicate that the two types are acoustically distinct, which supports the hypothesis that the two types may be separate sub-species.
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49. Reconstruction of the forehead acoustic properties in an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis), with investigation on the responses of soft tissue sound velocity to temperature
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Yu Zhang, Zhongchang Song, Chong Wei, and Per Berggren
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0106 biological sciences ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,biology ,Bioacoustics ,business.industry ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Acoustics ,Ultrasound ,Soft tissue ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Humpback dolphin ,Sagittal plane ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Hounsfield scale ,medicine ,Forehead ,business ,Acoustic impedance ,Geology - Abstract
Computed tomography (CT) imaging and ultrasound experimental measurements were combined to reconstruct the acoustic properties (density, velocity, and impedance) of the head from a deceased Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis). The authors extracted 42 soft forehead tissue samples to estimate the sound velocity and density properties at room temperature, 25.0 °C. Hounsfield Units (HUs) of the samples were read from CT scans. Linear relationships between the tissues' HUs and velocity, and HUs and density were revealed through regression analyses. The distributions of the head acoustic properties at axial, coronal, and sagittal cross sections were reconstructed, suggesting that the forehead soft tissues were characterized by low-velocity in the melon, high-velocity in the muscle and connective tissues. Further, the sound velocities of melon, muscle, and connective tissue pieces were measured under different temperatures to investigate tissues' velocity response to temperature. The results demonstrated nonlinear relationships between tissues' sound velocity and temperature. This study represents a first attempt to provide general information on acoustic properties of this species. The results could provide meaningful information for understanding the species' bioacoustic characteristics and for further investigation on sound beam formation of the dolphin.
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50. Acoustoelasticity in cancellous bone
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K. N. Apostolopoulos, E. Pappa, and Despina D. Deligianni
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Materials science ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Bioacoustics ,business.industry ,Ultrasound ,Biomechanics ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Compressive strength ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Perpendicular ,medicine ,Ultrasonic sensor ,sense organs ,Elasticity (economics) ,Composite material ,business ,Cancellous bone - Abstract
Strain-dependence of ultrasound speed in cancellous bone was determined by applying a range of uniaxial compressive strains in the elasticity region, in a single direction, parallel or perpendicular to the propagating wave. Compressive strain modulated the ultrasound speed significantly. The decrease of ultrasound speed was found to change linearly as a function of strain. The changes of broadband ultrasound attenuation were also determined for the two dilatational waves (parallel or perpendicular to the strain). They do not follow linear relation or constant sign of change with strain for the examined specimens. Considerable possibilities open up for using developments in acoustoelasticity for nondestructive ultrasonic techniques.
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