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Clark, Christopher W
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- Senior Scientist, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (CLO)
- Academic Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (CLO)
- Senior Scientist, Neurobiology and Behavior (BIO NB), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
As the I.P. Johnson Director of the Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) I oversee and direct a vigorous, multi-disciplinary program that is actively engaged in both basic and applied research. In some ways it is difficult to clearly distinguish between my specific activities and those of BRP`s professional staff. As in last year`s report, here I have included only those activities that I specifically have been directly responsible for. Thus, for example, this report does not include training, workshops, manuals or public outreach that BRP`s staff have accomplished in the past year. It does not include the manuals and technical information documents that the BRP posts on our website. How those accomplishments get credited to CALS seems a legitimate question.
Research Areas
- animal science
- aquatic science
- bioacoustics
- biodiversity
- biological and environmental engineering
- biotechnology
- conservation biology
- ecology
- electrical engineering
- entrepreneurship
- evolution
- ornithology
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- David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) Faculty Fellow
Research
research overview
- Bioacoustic bird monitoring continues to expand and improve through a wide variety of collaborations. Projects include migratory bird monitoring on DOD installations, noise effects on endangered bird species, rare bird monitoring, miniaturized radio tracking transmitters and advanced radio tracking receiver networks. Scientific conservation research on a variety of large whale species continues throughout the world's oceans. A new collaborative effort with the NOAA Sanctuary Program is underway off the east coast. PhD students Danielle Cholewiak and Renata Sousa-Lima completed their final field projects on humpback whales off Mexico and Brasil, respectively. PhD student Mya Thompson (forest elephants) is teaching in local public schools this year. Post-docs Sofie Van Parijs accepted the job of bioacoustics scientist at NOAA-NMFS in Woods Hole, and Susan Parks will become a research associate at Penn State in August. The research analyst team of Melissa Fowler, Dimitri Ponirakis, Ann Warde, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes and Liz XXX has accomplished magic to keep up with the heavy demands of data processing, and they continue to learn valuable skills.
principal investigator on
- ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF RIGHT WHALES IN MAINE WATERS awarded by TIDES CANADA INITIATIVES SOCIETY 2011
- AN OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MAPPING MARINE MAMMALS AND NOISE IN THE CHUKCHI SEA ECOSYSTEM awarded by US DEPT OF INTERIOR (MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICES) 2011 - 2014
- ANALYSIS OF ACOUSTIC DATA FROM THE 2011 POINT BARROW BOWHEAD WHALE CENSUS (PHASE 1) awarded by DEPT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 2012 - 2013
- CHARACTERIZATON AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF NOISE PRODUCDING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ACTIVITIES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF (OCS) awarded by BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION, AND ENFORCEMENT 2010 - 2013
- CUSTOMIZATION OF RAVEN EXHIBIT FOR PEROT MUSEUM INSTALLATION awarded by AMAZE DESIGN 2011 - 2013
- FIELD SURVEYS AND MARINE RESOURCE CHARACTERIZATION FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PLANNING awarded by NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM 2011 - 2013
- LARGE SCALE MONITORING AND MAPPING OF NOISE IN SBNMS:2010-11 awarded by EXXONMOBIL 2010 - 2011
- MEASUREMENT OF MARINE SOUND EXPOSURE LEVELS IN BAFFIN BAY 2011 awarded by CAIRN ENERGY PLC 2011 - 2012
- NAVFAC MITIGATION AND MONITORING MSA awarded by ENGINEERING-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INC. (DBA HDR ENVIRO., OP., & CONSTRUCT. INC) 2010 - 2011
- NEPTUNE DEEPWATER PORT NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLANNING awarded by NEPTUNE LNG LLC 2008 - 2012
- NOAA NE REFURBISHMENT awarded by NATL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DOC 2011 - 2015
- NOISE ANALYSIS AND ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY OF STELLWAGON BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCUTARY awarded by NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION 2010 - 2013
- NORTHEAST GATEWAY DEEPWATER PORT NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE MONITORING AND MITIGATION PLANNING awarded by NORTHEAST GATEWAY ENERGY BRIDGE, LLC 2006 - 2012
- PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF MARINE MAMMALS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFFSHORE OF GABON, AFRICA awarded by WORLEYPARSONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT LIMITED 2009 - 2011
- PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF MARINE MAMMALS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 2010 awarded by BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO 2010 - 2012
- PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES, IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US, NOAA, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE awarded by NATL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DOC 2011 - 2012
- PILOT STUDY FOR THE PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF BEAKED WHALES IN THE ROCKALL TROUGH awarded by IRISH WHALE AND DOLPHIN GROUP 2011 - 2012
- PUBLICATION OF ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF BOWHEAD WHALE ACTIVITY IN BEAUFORT SEA, 2008-2010 awarded by IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED 2011 - 2012
- UNDERWATER NOISE ANALYSIS AND ACCOUTIC HABITAT METRICS FOR GLACIER BAY MARIN MAMMALS awarded by NATL PARK SERVICE, DOI 2011 - 2013
co-principal investigator on
- ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR LARGE WHALES IN MAINE STATE WATERS awarded by DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES 2012
- BIOACOUSTIC RESEARCH TO STUDY NEW APPROACHES FOR DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION FOR MARINE MAMMALS awarded by NATL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DOC 2011 - 2014
- DCL SYSTEM USING DEEP LEARNING APPROACHES FOR HAND-BASED OR SHIP-BASED REAL-TIME RECOGNITION AND LOCALIZATION OF MARINE MAMMALS awarded by OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH DOD 2012 - 2015
- PORTABLE AND PERSISTENT AUTONOMOUS REAL-TIME MARINE MAMMAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING awarded by NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2011 - 2014
keywords
- Acoustic monitoring of rare and endangered bird species
- Acoustic monitoring of rare and endangered whale species
- Bioacoustic analysis techniques workshops
- Bioacoustical oceanography workshops
- Marine mammal behavior
- Monitoring and mitigation of acoustic impacts
- Scientific conservation
- distribution and population assessment
submitted impact statement
- Research, development, and application of advanced technologies for monitoring rare and endangered species in marine and terrestrial environments.
- Development and application of advanced technologies for monitoring rare and endangered species in marine and terrestrial environments
- Development and application of advanced technologies for monitoring rare and endangered species in marine and terrestrial environments
Publications
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academic article
- Extended seasonal occurrence of humpback whales in Massachusetts Bay. . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K.. 2013
- Acoustically detected year-round presence of right whales in an urbanized migration corridor.. Conservation Biology. 26:698-707. 2012
- Seasonal changes in fin whale song in the Western North Atlantic Ocean.. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 132:1207-1212. 2012
- Acoustic Masking in Marine Ecosystems: Intuitions, Analysis, and Implications. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 395:201-222. 2009
- Detection and Recognition of North Atlantic right whale contact calls in the presence of ambient noise. IEEE Trans. on Oceanic Engineering. 34:358-369. 2009
- Variability in ambient noise levels and call parameters of North Atlantic right whales in three habitat areas. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 125:1230-1239. 2009
- Variability in ambient noise levels and call parameters of North Atlantic right whales in three habitat areas. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 125:1230-1239. 2009
- Characterizing the relative contributions of large vessels to total ocean noise fields: a case study using the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Journal of Environmental Management. 42:735-752. 2008
- Detection and recognition of North Atlantic right whale contact calls in the presence of ambient noise. Canadian Acoustics. 36:111-117. 2008
- Modeling the effect of boat traffic on the fluctuation of humpback whale singing activity on the Abrolhos National Marine Park, Brazil. Canadian Acoustics. 36:174-181. 2008
- Acoustic detection of North Atlantic right whale contact calls using the spectrogram-based statistics. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 122:769-776. 2007
- Acoustic detection of North Atlantic right whale contact calls using the spectrogram-based statistics. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 122:769-776. 2007
- Detection performances of experienced human operators compared to a likelihood ratio based detector. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 122:200-204. 2007
- Detection performances of experienced human operators compared to a likelihood ratio based detector. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 122:200-204. 2007
- Short and long-term changes in right whale calling behavior: the potential effects of noise on acoustic communication. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 122:3725-3731. 2007
- Vocalizations of male bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus: classification and geographical variation. Animal Behaviour. 73:747-762. 2007
- Acoustic detection of North Atlantic right whale contact calls using the generalized likelihood ratio test. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 120:1956-1963. 2006
- Acoustic detection of North Atlantic right whale contact calls using the generalized likelihood ratio test. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 120:1956-1963. 2006
- Acoustic detections of blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whale (B. physalus) sounds during a SURTASS LFA exercise. Journal of Ocean Engineering. 31:120-128. 2006
- Long term mating tactics in an aquatic mating pinniped – the bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus. Animal Behaviour. 72:1269-1277. 2006
- MobySound: A reference archive for studying automatic recognition of marine mammal sounds. Applied Acoustics. 67:1226-1242. 2006
- A field test of the accuracy of a passive acoustic location system. Bioacoustics. 15:1-14. 2005
- North Atlantic right whales in crisis. Science. 309:561-562. 2005
- Underwater low-frequency noise in a coastal sea turtle habitat. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 117:1465-1472. 2005
- Abundance and population trend (1978-2001) of the western Arctic bowhead whales surveyed near Barrow, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science. 20:755-773. 2004
- Acoustic monitoring on a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding ground shows continual singing into late Spring. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 271:1051-1057. 2004
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sounds from the North Atlantic. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 114:1108-1119. 2003
- Variation in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song length in relation to low-frequency sound broadcasts. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 113:3411-3424. 2003
- ATOC and other factors affecting the distribution and abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off the coast of the north shore of Kauai. Mar. Mamm. Science. 18:644-662. 2002
- Estimated source levels of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) vocalizations: adjustments for surface interference. Mar. Mamm. Science. 18:81-98. 2002
- Low-frequency vocal behaviors of baleen whales in the North Atlantic: Insights from IUSS detections, locations and tracking from 1992 to 1996. J. Underwater Acoust. (USN). 52:609-640. 2002
- Only male fin whales sing loud songs. Nature. 417:809. 2002
- Vocal activity of fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, in the Ligurian Sea. Mar. Mamm. Science. 18:281-285. 2002
- Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales in deep waters off the British Isles. Science. 17:751-768. 2001
- Effect of anthropogenic low-frequency noise on the foraging ecology of Balaenoptera whales. Animal Conservation. 4:13-27. 2001
- Behavioral responses of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to full-scale ATOC signals. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 108:1930-1937. 2000
- Calibration and comparison of the acoustic location methods used during the spring migration of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus off Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 1984-1993. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 107:3509-3517. 2000
- Characteristics of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) pulse trains recorded near Puerto Rico. Mar. Mamm. Science. 16:739-756. 2000
- Recognizing transient low-frequency whale sounds by spectrogram correlation. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 107:3518-3529. 2000
- Results of low-frequency m-sequence noise playbacks to humpback whales in Hawai'i. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 76:521-535. 1998
- The ATOC Consortium. Ocean Climate Change: Comparison of Acoustic Tomography, Satellite Altimetry and Modeling. Science. 281:1327-1332. 1998
- Accuracy of a passive acoustic location system: empirical studies in terrestrial habitats. Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 9. 1997
- Spatial distribution, habitat utilization, movements and social interactions of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, off Hawai'i using acoustic and visual techniques. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 73:1134-1146. 1995
- Blue deep voices: Insights from the Navy’s Whales ë93 program. Whalewatcher. 28:6-11. 1994
- Marine mammal call discrimination using artificial neural networks. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 96:1255-1262. 1994
- Inducible defenses and the allocation of resources: A minimal model. American Naturalist. 139:521-539. 1992
- Observations on the ice-breaking and ice navigation behavior of migrating bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) near Point Barrow, Alaska, spring 1985.. Arctic. 42:24-30. 1989
- Singing in the ice. The Living Bird Quarterly. 4:10-16. 1988
- Quantitative analysis of animal vocal phonology: an application to swamp sparrow song. Ethology. 76:101-115. 1987
- The sounds of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, during the spring migrations of 1979 and 1980.. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 62:1436-1441. 1984
- Analysis and synthesis of bird vocalizations: An FFT-based software system. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation. 15:251-253. 1983
- Program package for the analysis and synthesis of animal vocalizations. Behav. Res. Methods and Instr.. 14:487. 1983
- The acoustic repertoire of the southern right whale: a quantitative analysis. Anim. Behav.. 30:1060-1071. 1982
- A real-time direction finding device for determining the bearing to the underwater sounds of Southern Right Whales, Eubalaena australis. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 68:508-511. 1980
- Sound playback experiments with southern right whales (Eubalaena australis). Science. 207:663-665. 1980
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booksection
- The physical acoustics of underwater sound communication 2002
- Communication and acoustical behavior in dolphins and whales 2000
- Underwater noise 1998
- Behavior 1993
- Current Population Size and Dynamics 1993
- Acoustic behavior of mysticete whales 1990
- The sounds of sperm whale calves 1986
- Acoustic communication and behavior of the southern right whale 1983
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chapter
- Acoustic Communication: Social sounds and the potential impacts of noise. The Urban Whale. 310-332. 2006
- Listening to Their World: Acoustics for Monitoring and Protecting Right Whales in an Urbanized Ocean. The Urban Whale. 333-357. 2006
- Potential use of low-frequency sounds by baleen whales for probing the environment: evidence from models and empirical measurements. Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins. 564-582. 2004
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conference paper
- Developing a Portable and Persistent Autonomous Real-Time Marine Mammal Acoustic Monitor.. Proceedings of the Oceans 2011 MTS/IEEE Conference. 2011
- Acoustic detection buoys for near-real-time reporting of right whales. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meeting. 2005
- Advancing marine mammal ecology research with simultaneous oceanographic and acoustic observations from autonomous underwater vehicles. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Broadband sound production by feeding blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus). Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Counter-calling in North Atlantic right whales. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Does pile-driving noise withdraw fin whales from their habitat. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Effects of ice cover on bearded seal vocal patterns over 16 years. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Mating tactics in an aquatic mating pinniped, the bearded seal, over 16 years. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- North Atlantic right whales shift their frequency of calling in response to vessel noise. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Variation in acoustic activity of North Atlantic right whales in three critical habitat areas. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meeting. 2005
- Variation in humpback whale song in response to neighboring singing males. Sixteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2005
- Does shipping noise in the Ligurian Sea compete with fin whale song?. 17th Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 2003
- Seasonal occurrences of blue, fin, humpback and minke whales in the eastern north Atlantic based on passive acoustic monitoring. 17th Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 2003
- The seasonal occurrence of Northern right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, in a critical habitat: when, why and how many. Fifteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 2003
- The underwater acoustic environment of fin whales in the vicinity of an oil and gas development area. 17th Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 2003
- Humpback whales, Megaptera noveangliae, responses to ATOC transmissions in Hawai’i. 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine mammals. 1999
- Monitoring the occurrence of large whales off North and West Scotland using passive acoustic arrays. Society of Petroleum Engineers/UKOOA European Environmental Conference. 1997
- Acoustic behaviors of blue and finback whales: insights from the Navy’s dual uses program. XXIV International Ethological Conference. 1995
- An overview of the ATOC-Marine Mammal Research Program (ATOC-MMRP). Eleventh Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1995
- Application of hydrophone arrays for whale research. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 1995
- Characteristics of fin and blue whale vocalizations recorded from IUSS in the north and west Atlantic. Eleventh Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1995
- A method for filtering bioacoustic transients by spectrogram image convolution. Proc. IEEE Oceans '93. 122-127. 1993
- A mobile video/acoustic system for synchronous recording of dolphin vocal and behavioral activities. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- Isolating biological acoustic transient signals. Proceedings of the Intl. Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing. 269-272. 1993
- Methods for the automatic detection of mysticete calls. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- Preliminary results of the spring 1993 census of Bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, AK. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- The use of US Navy IUSS passive sonar to monitor the movement of blue whales. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- Variation in unit structure of humpback whale song. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- Variations in the vocal repertoires of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) with geographic area and year. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- Whales ë93: the application of the Navy IUSS for low-frequency marine mammal research. Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1993
- Sounds recorded in the presence of Sei whales, Balaenoptera borealis. Ninth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1991
- Acoustic behavior of bowhead whales off Point Barrow, Alaska during the spring migration. Fifth Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. 1990
- Numbers and distributions of bowhead whales off Point Barrow, Alaska during the 1985 and 1986 spring migrations based on passive acoustics. Fifth Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. 1990
- Songs of the bowhead whale from the Western Arctic and Spitsbergen stocks. Fifth Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. 1990
- Acoustic Behavior of Mysticete Whales. 5th ITC. Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans Symposium. 1989
- Acoustic studies of the bowhead whale off Pt. Barrow, Alaska, in 1985 and 1986: field methods and calibration. Fourth Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. 1987
- Numbers and distributions of bowhead whales based on 1985 acoustic studies off Pt. Barrow, Alaska. Fourth Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. 1987
- Potential use of acoustic surface reverberation by bowhead whales in under-ice navigation: preliminary considerations. Fourth Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. 1987
- Songs of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus. Seventh Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1987
- Note development in swamp sparrow song; a quantitative analysis. XIX International Ornithological Congress. 1986
- Acoustic locations and distribution of migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska in the spring of 1984 during poor and unacceptable visual censusing conditions. Third Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale. 1985
- Objectives and methods for the Acoustic studies conducted during the spring (1984) migration of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska. Third Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale. 1985
- Observations on the behavior of the gray whale, Eschrictus robustus, in the presence of underwater industrial noise. Third Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale. 1985
- Sleeping in the dark; whoops, whistles, and space cadets. Sixth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1985
- Variations in the rates and types of bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, vocalizations during the Spring (1984) migration off Point Barrow, Alaska. Third Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale. 1985
- Effects of underwater noise on migrating gray whales off the coast of California. Fifth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1983
- The use of bowhead vocalizations to determine the distribution of whales within the leads (1979 and 1980). Second Conference on the Biology of the Bowhead Whale. 1983
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document part
- Seasonal ambient noise levels and impacts on communication in the North Atlantic right whale. 3266. 2006
- A near real-time acoustic detection and reporting system for endangered species in critical habitats. 2525. 2005
- Detection of FM signals in the presence of non-Gaussian noise. 2552. 2005
- Variation in acoustic activity of North Atlantic right whales in three critical habitat areas in 2004. 2469. 2005
- Low-frequency vocal behaviors of baleen whales in the North Atlantic: Insights from IUSS detections, locations and tracking from 1992 to 1996 2004
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sounds from the North Atlantic. 1108-1119. 2003
- Innovative data acquisition tools for bioacoustic monitoring 2003
- Raven: Software for sound recording and analysis 2003
- Structure and function of baleen whale sounds with environmental, evolutionary and ecological considerations 2003
- Application of Passive Acoustic Methods for Detection, Location and Tracking of Whales 2002
- Baleen whale vocal behavior: an integrated approach to inferring function 2001
- Preliminary analysis of acoustic data from the spring 2001 bowhead whale census off Pt. Barrow, Alaska 2001
- Status of Archival and Analysis Effect of Acoustic Recordings during SOWER and IWC Cruises 1996-2000 2001
- Acoustic sampling for right whale vocalizations in the Great South Channel using sea-floor Pop-up recorders 2000
- Comparative analysis of baleen whale songs: predictions from acoustic propagation and implication for mating strategies 2000
- Multi-modal Surveys of Fin Whales in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico 2000
- Preliminary analysis of acoustic data from the spring 2000 bowhead whale census off Pt. Barrow, Alaska 2000
- Acoustic responses of baleen whales to low-frequency, man-made sounds 1999
- An acoustic integration model (AIM) for assessing the impact of underwater noise on marine wildlife 1999
- Bowhead Whale vocal communication during the spring migration off Pt. Barrow, Alaska 1999
- Current research on whale response to man-made sound: Measurement Techniques and Methods 1999
- Responses of baleen whales to controlled exposures of low-frequency sounds from a naval sonar 1999
- Signal processing techniques for passive acoustic location and tracking of animals 1999
- The application of low-frequency passive acoustics for research on mysticetes, with special attention to pelagic surveys 1999
- Whale voices from the deep: Temporal patterns and signal structures as adaptations for living in an acoustic medium. 4. 1998
- Effects of the ATOC sound source on the distribution of marine mammals observed from aerial surveys off Central California 1997
- Long range acoustic propagation of whale vocalizations 1997
- Low-frequency signaling behavior in mysticete whales. 3163. 1997
- Sounds attributed to pygmy blue whales recorded south of Madagascar December 1996 1997
- Geographical and seasonal variation in blue and finback whale vocalizations. 2534. 1996
- Preliminary results of a scaled playback experiment of ATOC-like signals to humpback whales 1996
- Acoustic tracking of whales using hydrophone arrays: implications for behavioral studies and population estimates. 3352. 1995
- Simultaneous source panging and bottom geoacoustic inversion using shallow water, broadband dispersion of fin whale calls. 3353. 1995
- Simultaneous source ranging and bottom geoacoustic inversion using shallow water, broadband dispersion of fin whale calls. 3353. 1995
- Using combined acoustic tracking and visual observation techniques to study humpback whales. 3353. 1995
- A publicly-accessible database for marine mammal call classification research. 3298. 1994
- A review of the effects of sound on Cetaceans 1994
- Application of Navy IUSS for whale research. 3315. 1994
- Basic understandings of whale bioacoustics: potential impacts of man-made sounds from oceanographic research 1994
- Distribution and behavior of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, based on preliminary analysis of acoustic data collected during the 1993 spring migration off Point Barrow, Alaska. 449. 1994
- Measuring regular whale call intervals with the summed autocorrelation. 2881. 1994
- Sound production from blue, finback and minke whales: implications for basic research and environmental monitoring 1994
- Bioacoustic transient detection by image convolution. 2358. 1993
- Bioacoustics of baleen whales: from infrasonics to complex songs. 1830. 1993
- Underwater earthquakes noise levels and its possible effect on marine mammals. 1849. 1993
- Variations in received level from man-made low-frequency underwater noise sources as a function of diving animal depth. 1850. 1993
- A review of bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, population estimation methods and results, 1978-1986. 759. 1992
- Acoustic detections of bowhead whales from the East Greenland-Spitsbergen stock in spring 1989. 760-761. 1992
- Intercall intervals and acoustic tracks of bowhead whales off Point Barrow, Alaska, based on passive acoustics. 761. 1992
- Received levels for bowhead whale sounds recorded off Point Barrow, Alaska in spring 1988: preliminary results. 761. 1992
- Evidence of low-frequency communication and navigation in mysticete whales 1991
- Acoustic tracks of migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska based on vocal characteristics. 596-597. 1990
- Passive acoustic location and tracking methods as applied to spring migrating bowhead whales off Point Barrow, Alaska: a review and update of techniques 1990
- Observations on the ice-breaking and ice navigation behavior of migrating bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) near Point Barrow, Alaska, spring 1985. 24-30. 1989
- A census of bowhead whales from their sounds 1988
- Progress report on the analysis of the spring 1985 acoustic data regarding migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, near Point Barrow, Alaska. 395. 1987
- Whale sounds and birdsong development: insights from the application of new computer analysis techniques 1987
- Acoustic location techniques and calibration methods used during the spring 1984 and 1985 bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, migrations. 502. 1986
- Acoustic tracking and distribution of migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska in the spring of 1984. 502. 1986
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report
- Passive acoustic monitoring of North Atlantic right whales off of Savannah, GA and Jacksonville, FL: December 2011-May 2012. 2012
- Passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: June 2010- November 2011. 2012
- Application of Passive Acoustic Methods to Detect Migrating Right Whales in New England and Mid-Atlantic Waters. 2006
- Acoustic monitoring of large whales off north and west Britain and Ireland: a two-year study, October 1996-September 1998 2000
- A comparison of sounds attributed to pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) recorded south of the Madagascar Plateau and those attributed to ‘True” blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) recorded off Antarctica. 439-442. 1998
- Autonomous seafloor acoustic recording systems for whale research: application to the census of bowhead whales during the spring migration off Point Barrow, Alaska 1998
- Combining visual and acoustic survey data to enhance density estimation. 933-936. 1997
- Whales ‘95: A combined visual and acoustic survey of blue and fin whales off southern California. 583-600. 1997
- Distribution and Behavior of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, Based on Analysis of Acoustic Data Collected During the 1993 Spring Migration off Point Barrow, Alaska. 541-552. 1996
- Application of US Navy underwater hydrophone arrays for scientific research on whales. 210-212. 1995
- Update on the Application of US Navy Underwater Hydrophone arrays for Scientific Research on Whales 1995
- Whales ‘93: Quicklook 1993
- Acoustic methods as applied to the problem of stock identity 1991
- Potential impact on and responses of baleen whales to low-frequency transients; seasonal and geographic distributions, biological considerations 1990
- Acoustic analysis of bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, vocalizations from hyrdrophone array data collected during spring 1988 1989
- Call tracks of bowhead whales based on call characteristics as an independent means of determining tracking parameters. 111-112. 1989
- Numbers and distributions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, based on the 1986 acoustic study off Pt. Barrow, Alaska. 297-303. 1989
- An Acoustic Study of Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, during the 1985 Spring Migration 1988
- Numbers and distributions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, based on the 1985 acoustic study off Pt. Barrow, Alaska. 365-370. 1988
- Comparison of measured bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, migration parameters with results from the tracking algorithm. 309-312. 1987
- Potential use of surface reverberation by bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in under-ice navigation: preliminary considerations. 329-332. 1987
- A description of a tracking algorithm and its implications to bowhead whale acoustic location data collected during the spring migration near Point Barrow, Alaska 1984-1985. 299-310. 1986
- A preliminary account of the acoustic study conducted during the 1985 spring bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, migration of Point Barrow, Alaska. 311-316. 1986
- Acoustic tracking of migrating bowhead whales 1986
- An Acoustic Study of Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska During the 1984 Spring Migration 1986
- Utilization of acoustic location data in determining a minimum number of spring-migrating bowhead whales unaccounted for by the ice-based visual census. 325-338. 1986
- Acoustic communication and behavior of southern right whales, Eubalaena australis. 897-908. 1984
- Investigations of the potential effects of underwater noise from petroleum industry activities on feeding humpback whale behavior 1984
- Investigations of the potential effects of underwater noise from petroleum industry activities on migrating gray whale behavior - Phase 2: January 1984 Migration 1984
- Investigations of the potential effects of underwater noise from petroleum industry activities on migrating gray whale behavior 1983
- The use of bowhead vocalizations to augment visual censusing estimates on the number of whales migrating past Point Barrow, Alaska in the spring of 1980 1983
- Normal behavior of bowheads, 1980-81 1982
- Canary 1.2 User’s Manual 1995
featured in archived article
- Acoustic maps of ocean noise reveal how shipping traffic affects whales
- Bio-acoustic recorders could answer question: Do wind farms pose risks to migratory birds?
- Bioacoustics program receives two $1.1 million grants
- Cornell aids discovery of blue whale singing in New York coastal waters
- Cornell helps set research agenda for how to protect birds, bats from wind turbines
- Lab of O helps protect endangered right whales with warning buoys in shipping lanes
- Lab of Ornithology helps Maya Lin realize her dream in creating arts series on species loss
- North Atlantic right whales headed toward extinction unless quick action is taken
- Powerhouse team battles to save right whales
- Researchers listen for whales amid undersea oil clouds
- Whales heard for first time in waters around New York City
Service
outreach overview
- BRP is working to successfully enable and implement the CLO's new Strategic Plan, in particular the challenges of "going global" and making our varied "products" available to the world at large. The hardware production facility has doubled in the last six months. BRP scientists continue to conduct scientific and applied research projects around the globe on a diversity of species. These efforts are directed toward understanding what-where-when-and-why species are present in an area, often with an underlying motivation to determine the impacts of human activities on individuals and populations over large spatial and temporal scales. Such ambitious undertakings are enabled by a growing suite of customized data collection and analysis systems designed and fabricated by our teams of hardware and software engineers, and tested by our team of research analysts. The active recognition of passive acoustic monitoring as a critical tool for habitat assessment, management, mitigation and monitoring by federal agencies, state agencies, NGOs and industry, heralds the arrival of opportunities and challenges for BRP and the CLO.
service to the profession
- International Whaling Commission's Scientific Committee Committee Member 1985 -
- NRC Council on Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy Projects Committee Member 2005 - 2007
- Acoustic Society of America Fellow - 2000
- Tau Beta Pi National Fellow 1972 - 1973
- Tau Beta Pi, Stony Brook Chapter Officer, President/Elect/Past 1971 - 1972
- Tau Beta Pi Member - 1969
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Biology, SUNY Stony Brook 1980
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook 1974
- SUNY Stony Brook 1972
- B.E. in Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook 1972
awards and honors
Other
college
- CALS
research keyword
- Acoustic monitoring of rare and endangered bird species
- Acoustic monitoring of rare and endangered whale species
- Bioacoustic analysis techniques workshops
- Bioacoustical oceanography workshops
- Marine mammal behavior
- Monitoring and mitigation of acoustic impacts
- Scientific conservation
- distribution and population assessment