Sounding the Call for a Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds
Sounding the Call for a Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds
Date du jour :
04.04.2022
Catégorie du document :
Articles scientifiques
Discipline :
Océanographie, Instrumentation
Nom du ou des auteurs :
Miles J. G. Parsons ; Tzu-Hao Lin ; T. Aran Mooney ; Christine Erbe ; Francis Juanes ; Marc Lammers ; Songhai ; Simon Linke ; Audrey Looby ; Sophie L. Nedelec ; Ilse Van Opzeeland ; Craig Radford ; Aaron N. Rice ; Laela Sayigh ; Jenni Sta
Date du document :
08.02.2022
Résumé / Abstract :
"Aquatic environments encompass the world’s most extensive habitats, rich with sounds produced by a diversity of animals. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly accessible remote sensing technology that uses hydrophones to listen to the underwater world and represents an unprecedented, non-invasive method to monitor underwater environments. This information can assist in the delineation of biologically important areas via detection of sound-producing species or characterization of ecosystem type and condition, inferred from the acoustic properties of the local soundscape. At a time when worldwide biodiversity is in significant decline and underwater soundscapes are being altered as a result of anthropogenic impacts, there is a need to document, quantify, and understand biotic sound sources–potentially before they disappear. A significant step toward these goals is the development of a web-based, open-access platform that provides: (1) a reference library of known and unknown biological sound sources (by integrating and expanding existing libraries around the world); (2) a data repository portal for annotated and unannotated audio recordings of single sources and of soundscapes; (3) a training platform for artificial intelligence algorithms for signal detection and classification; and (4) a citizen science-based application for public users. Although individually, these resources are often met on regional and taxa-specific scales, many are not sustained and, collectively, an enduring global database with an integrated platform has not been realized. We discuss the benefits such a program can provide, previous calls for global data-sharing and reference libraries, and the challenges that need to be overcome to bring together bio- and ecoacousticians, bioinformaticians, propagation experts, web engineers, and signal processing specialists (e.g., artificial intelligence) with the necessary support and funding to build a sustainable and scalable platform that could address the needs of all contributors and stakeholders into the future."
Lien vers l'article :
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.810156/full
Sounds of the forest, une carte de sons des forêts du monde.
Sounds of the forest, une carte de sons des forêts du monde.
Date du jour :
22.09.2020
Catégorie du document :
Sites internet, Autres
Discipline :
Sciences participatives, Education à l'environnement
Nom du ou des auteurs :
Wild Rumpus
Lien vers l'article :
https://timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest-soundmap/