The Acoustics of Fish
Rhonda Moniz
February 10, 2012
Recent research conducted at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is proving that not only do fish make sounds to communicate with one another, but in the deepest depths of the ocean where no light penetrates this may be more important than we think. Researchers, Francis Juanes a professor at the School of Marine Science, and Rodney Roundtree an adjunct assistant professor also at UMASS Amherst have been conducting research into this area and say their pilot study suggests that man made noise in the oceans can be a problem for some important species. During an experiment just south of Georges Bank hydrophones were deployed by local fishermen over a 24-hour period the scientists were able to collect numerous biological sounds including those from several species of whales…