Photo of the Week

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“Bioacoustician Denise Risch sends a signal to the MARU.”

January 27, 2014
TAS New Year’s Resolution: Be a better listener.

Photo: Alexandra Keenan

Whales are social creatures with a remarkable ability to communicate with one another over long distances using sounds…. Given these vocalizations, it is possible to monitor the distribution and behavior of acoustically active marine animals using special recording units called “marine autonomous recording units” (MARUs). MARUs are little buoys designed to sit on the ocean floor and record all sounds within a certain range of frequencies. For the past few days, we have been zig-zagging and loopty-looping around Georges Bank to retrieve several of these MARUs." - Alexandra Keenan [In this photo, bioacoustician Denise Risch sends a signal to the MARU; scientists then listen for the MARU's response.]
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