International workshop. Cetacean echolocation and outer space neutrinos: ethology and physics for an interdisciplinary approach to underwater bioacoustics and astrophysical particles detection

Session

Advanced marine research for conservation

21 Oct 2013, 11:30

Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice, Sicily) School of Ethology - 30th workshop

77. ARION - Systems for Coastal Dolphin Conservation in the Ligurian Sea

Mauro Gino Taiuti (GE)

21/10/2013, 11:30

Invited Lecture

ARION "Systems for Coastal Dolphin Conservation in the Ligurian Sea" - LIFE09 NAT/IT/000190. The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a Mediterranean cetacean listed as “vulnerable” in IUCN Red List. It is estimated that 200-300 individuals live in the project area. As a coastal species, bottle nose dolphins are the most threatened by habitat degradation and loss. The main threats come...

47. How new technology has revolutionized the study of cetacean bioacoustics and suggestions for new directions and collaborations for the future

Peter Tyack (St. Andrews Univ.)

21/10/2013, 14:30

Invited Lecture

Our human sense of audition is adapted for hearing in air, so we need to rely upon electronic apparatus to hear well underwater, to localize sounds, and to broadcast them. After modest development in the first 40 years of the twentieth century, WWII brought rapid development of excellent gear for listening, locating, and broadcasting sound underwater. Unfortunately for civilians interested in...

25. Impact of noise on fishes and marine mammals

Hong Young Yan (Taiwan)

21/10/2013, 15:20

Invited Lecture

Sound travels efficiently underwater, therefore, it could impact large areas of water body where fish and marine mammals live. Underwater anthropogenic sounds are ubiquitous due to extensive human activities into the aquatic environments. Many studies have documented deleterious effects of underwater noise on fishes and mammals which include: temporary or permanent hearing threshold shift,...

26. Cetacean density estimation from passive acoustic data

Tiago Marques (St. Andrews Univ., UK)

21/10/2013, 16:30

Invited Lecture

The estimation of density (and abundance) of cetaceans is a key step towards their management and conservation. Currently, the most widely used methods for obtaining density estimates are distance sampling or capture-recapture methods, usually involving visual detections and/or marking (even if only conceptual, e.g. photo ID). However, many cetacean species are difficult to sight, and cannot...

27. The Sea Finds Its Voice: Changes in the Scientific Understanding of Sound and Marine Life from 1993 to 2013.

Bob Gisiner (US Navy)

21/10/2013, 17:20

Invited Lecture

Over the past twenty years societal concern about the effects of manmade underwater sound on marine life has grown. The increased concern has been reflected in increased funding for scientific research. Numerous studies of the hearing and behavior of marine life, especially studies of marine mammals, have been conducted to determine the risks to marine life from sound. Of particular note are...