Audio Recorders for Wildlife Assessment by https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders Made with joy by Jesse Kincaid en-us 2017-02-26 00:26:59 UTC 2025-11-02 14:56:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png Listen to a coqui frog up close! jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156215941 2017-02-26 01:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156215941 AUDIO RECORDERS jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156215946 Audio recorders are devices that record sound. These devices have been used for wildlife monitoring and assessment.]]> 2017-02-26 01:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156215946 STUDY: Puerto Rican lowland frog or coquí llanero (Eleutherodactylus juanariverio) sound tracking jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156216598 Solar powered iPods with microphones are being used to track the endangered Puerto Rican lowland coqui frog. Computer models, such as the Automated Remote Biodiversity Monitoring Network (ARBIMON) analyze the data gathered (Taylor, 2013). ]]> 2017-02-26 01:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156216598 Let's explore some unique ways different audio recorders have been used to assess wildlife! jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156216686 2017-02-26 01:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156216686 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156267149 Nikosnature (2012, January 16). Coqui frogs UP CLOSE and LOUD! [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/LZUOiZG84c0]]> 2017-02-26 19:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156267149 Soundscape Ecology jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156267801 A new field has emerged called soundscape ecology. Researchers record the sounds of nature to understand landscape characteristics and evaluate the health of the environment. Soundscape ecology also studies how the addition of anthropogenic sounds can effect a landscapes ecological characteristics (Dybas, 2012). ]]> 2017-02-26 19:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156267801 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156269639 Luis-Villanueva-Rivera. (2012, February 6). Coqui Frog. Retrieved from https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/soundscape3_r.jpg]]> 2017-02-26 20:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156269639 Humpback whale recording technology jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156270390 M-Audio MicroTrack Professional II digital recorder used in monitoring humpback whales. ]]> 2017-02-26 20:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156270390 References: jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156276370

Aide, T. M., Corrada-Bravo, C., Campos-Cerqueira, M., Milan, C., Vega, G., & Alvarez, R. (2013). Real-time bioacoustics monitoring and automated species identification. PeerJ, 1, e103. http://doi.org.proxy.lib.miamioh.edu/10.7717/peerj.103

Couchoux, C., Garant, A., Reale, D. (2015). Spying on small wildlife sounds using affordable collar-mounted miniature microphones: an innovative method to record individual daylong vocalisations in chipmunks. Sci. Rep. 5, 10118; doi: 10.1038/srep10118 (2015).

Marcos R. Rossi-Santos. (2015). Oil Industry and Noise Pollution in the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Soundscape Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic Breeding Ground. Journal of Coastal Research: Volume 31, Issue 1: pp. 184 – 195. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00195.1

Dybas, C. (2012). Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field. NSF. doi: https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?org=NSF&cntn_id=123046&preview=false

Taylor. (2013). Tracking endangered species by sound. Popular Mechanics. doi: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a9224/tracking-endangered-specie-by-sound-15699559/

]]> 2017-02-26 21:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156276370 Listen to a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) recording! jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156276657 2017-02-26 21:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156276657 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156276980 NOAA/NEFSC (2017) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Retrieved from http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/acoustics/sounds.html]]> 2017-02-26 21:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156276980 Coqui frog recording technology jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156279246 Microphone attached to iPod. ]]> 2017-02-26 22:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156279246 STUDY: Noise pollution and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156279487 Audio recorders helped to determine that sound from boat traffic and oil platforms could be interfering with humpback whale communication at breeding sites (Rossi-Santos, 2015).

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Audio recorders are generally low cost and easily accessible (Aide et al., 2013).

Provides a permanent acoustic record (Aide et al., 2013)

Assists in species identification.

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Audio recorders do not typically focus on variations between individuals of the same species, but on general species characteristics (Couchoux, 2015).

Usually, audio recorders are too big to be used on small individual animals (Couchoux et al., 2015).

]]> 2017-02-27 01:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156293758 OVERCOMING LIMITATIONS jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156298475 ]]> 2017-02-27 01:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156298475 Spy Microphones jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156298730 Spy microphone collars have recently been used to capture differences in sounds between individuals. However, unlike most recorders, this requires trapping individual animals. ]]> 2017-02-27 01:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156298730 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156298994 Couchoux (2015) Spy microphones on free-ranging chipmunks. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/articles/srep10118/figures/1]]> 2017-02-27 01:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156298994 Spy microphone technology jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156299264 Miniature digital audio recorder]]> 2017-02-27 01:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156299264 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156299392 TS-Market. (2009) Miniature digital audio recorder. Retrieved from http://ts-market.com/products/models/1198/]]> 2017-02-27 01:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156299392 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156299785 Dearen & Chang (2013) Associated Press . Humpback whale near offshore oil platform. Retrieved from http://www.montereyherald.com/20130804/oil-companies-fracking-off-california-coast]]> 2017-02-27 01:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156299785 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156300145 Werd (2015). Rode Ixy. Retrieved from http://www.werd.com/18788/rode-ixy/]]> 2017-02-27 02:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156300145 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156300558 SOS (2006).

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]]> 2017-02-27 02:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156300558 AUDIO RECORDERS STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156303540 2017-02-27 02:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156303540 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156304373 2017-02-27 02:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156304373 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156304491 National Geographic. (2016). Humpback whales. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/humpback-whale-migration-pod-video/]]> 2017-02-27 02:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156304491 Watch TED Talk on soundscape ecology jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156306115 2017-02-27 03:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156306115 jkinc001 https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156306628 Bernie Krause (2013). The voice of the natural world. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/uTbA-mxo858]]> 2017-02-27 03:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkinc001/audiorecorders/wish/156306628