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Models suggest the arrangement of American shad in a shoal amplifies the ultrasonic clicks that dolphins use to hunt, helping the fish detect and evade these predators
E-Mail DURHAM, N.H.-- An international development team, led by researchers at the University of New Hampshire, has released a user-friendly software program they created that can process sound data collected from the world's oceans in a more standardized format that will enhance research and collaboration and help understand the global sea soundscape dynamics, including the impact of COVID-19 when travel and economic slowdowns put a halt to human activities in the ocean. "Soundscape analysis can be important in detecting and interpreting changes in ocean ecosystems," said Jennifer Miksis-...
DEEPLY INTERESTING FINDINGS FROM BLUE HOLES This year, Mote scientists undertook some of their deepest and most challenging missions yet into the Gulf of Mexico’s blue holes—underwater caves, springs and sinkholes being explored for their unique biology, chemistry and structure. The world took notice of these pioneering efforts during July and August 2020, when Mote’s blue hole research appeared in 242 news stories estimated to reach more than 850 million viewers or readers. Notably, one of Mote's upcoming blue hole expeditions was covered by The New York Times and VICE News and was m...
Loading video... VIDEO: Turn up the sound! Using the whitespotted eagle ray and underwater acoustic recorders, a study is the first to characterize how they consume hard-shelled mollusk prey like clams in a... view more Credit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute "Shell-crushing" - exactly what it sounds like - is a predatory mode used by numerous marine life from crabs to octopuses to large fishes and mammals when they eat hard-shelled mollusks like clams, oysters and conchs. These predators have to break apart the shell using robust claws or fortified...