TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing the Interpretation of Shallow Water Marine Soundscapes
AU - Mckenna, Megan F.
AU - Baumann-Pickering, Simone
AU - Kok, Annebelle C. M.
AU - Oestreich, William K.
AU - Adams, Jeffrey D.
AU - Barkowski, Jack
AU - Fristrup, Kurt M.
AU - Goldbogen, Jeremy A.
AU - Joseph, John
AU - Kim, Ella B.
AU - Kügler, Anke
AU - Lammers, Marc O.
AU - Margolina, Tetyana
AU - Peavey reeves, Lindsey E.
AU - Rowell, Timothy J.
AU - Stanley, Jenni A.
AU - Stimpert, Alison K.
AU - Zang, Eden J.
AU - Southall, Brandon L.
AU - Wall, Carrie C.
AU - Parijs, Sofie Van
AU - Hatch, Leila T.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Soundscapes offer rich descriptions of composite acoustic environments. Characterizing marine soundscapes simply through sound levels results in incomplete descriptions, limits the understanding of unique features, and impedes meaningful comparisons. Sources that contribute to sound level metrics shift in time and space with changes in biological patterns, physical forces, and human activity. The presence of a constant or chronic source is often interwoven with episodic sounds. Further, the presence and intensity of sources can influence other sources, calling for a more integrated approach to characterizing soundscapes. Here, we illustrate this complexity using data from a national-scale effort, the Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Project (SanctSound), an initiative designed to support collection of biological, environmental, and human use data to compliment the interpretation of sound level measurements. Using nine examples from this diverse dataset we demonstrate the benefit of integrating source identification and site features to interpret sound levels across a diversity of shallow water marine soundscapes (
AB - Soundscapes offer rich descriptions of composite acoustic environments. Characterizing marine soundscapes simply through sound levels results in incomplete descriptions, limits the understanding of unique features, and impedes meaningful comparisons. Sources that contribute to sound level metrics shift in time and space with changes in biological patterns, physical forces, and human activity. The presence of a constant or chronic source is often interwoven with episodic sounds. Further, the presence and intensity of sources can influence other sources, calling for a more integrated approach to characterizing soundscapes. Here, we illustrate this complexity using data from a national-scale effort, the Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Project (SanctSound), an initiative designed to support collection of biological, environmental, and human use data to compliment the interpretation of sound level measurements. Using nine examples from this diverse dataset we demonstrate the benefit of integrating source identification and site features to interpret sound levels across a diversity of shallow water marine soundscapes (
U2 - 10.3389/fmars.2021.719258
DO - 10.3389/fmars.2021.719258
M3 - Article
SN - 2296-7745
VL - 8
JO - Frontiers in Marine Science
JF - Frontiers in Marine Science
M1 - 71925
ER -