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Organismal Sensory Biology

Sea Bass utc

BSB responses to noise

BSB responses to noise As anthropogenic activities in the world's oceans are increasing, so too is the sound originating from...
Humpback Whale

Humpback particle motion

Humpback particle motion Acoustic signals are fundamental to animal communication and cetaceans are often considered bioacoustic specialists. Nearly all studies...
Puffin UTC

Auditory anatomy and uCT

Auditory anatomy and uCT As a comparison to some of our physiological and behavioral measurements, we are examining auditory anatomy...
Shrimp

Snapping Shrimp

Snapping Shrimp Reef-dwelling snapping shrimp, members of the Alpheus and Synalpheus genera, are commonly the most ubiquitous biological sound source...
Beluga

Beluga calls and Beluga hearing (Bristol Bay)

Beluga calls and Beluga hearing (Bristol Bay) Due to the opening of the Northwest Passage and interest in Arctic resources,...
Squid

Squid Hearing and Responses to Noise

Squid Hearing and Responses to Noise Squid, and other cephalopods (e.g. cuttlefish, octopuses) can sense low-frequency sounds. Yet, compared to...
Squid

ITAG โ€“ Environmental influences of squid behavior

ITAG - Environmental influences of squid behavior Squids are ecologically important marine invertebrates that play a key role in many...
Reef

Larval responses to sound

Larval responses to sound With new advances in underwater recording devices and acoustic data processing, we have begun to understand...
Turtle

Turtle Hearing and Noise Impacts

Turtle Hearing and Noise Impacts The physics of underwater sound propagation has led to many aquatic species adapting to produce...
Three Puffins

Hearing and noise impacts in Seabirds

Hearing and noise impacts in Seabirds Birds are well-known for their acoustic communication and their hearing abilities have been intensively...

Past Projects

Larvae

Squid Ocean Acidification

Squid Ocean Acidification The goal of this work is to quantify how ocean acidification conditions impact squid (Loligo pealeii) embryo...