Killer Whale Calls
HSWRI scientists analyzed killer whale calls from Iceland and Norway to see if there were distinctive dialects for different pods. This was the first time the calls of these killer whale pods were studied. Underwater recordings of killer whale calls were made off Norway and Iceland from 1983 to 1985 in association with efforts to […]
California Gnatcatchers
Our laboratory conducted a five‐year study on the potential effects of helicopter noise on the reproductive success of the coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) in Southern California. Seven‐hundred twenty‐one nests were monitored for reproductive success, predation, noise levels, and habitat quality. An array of Larson‐Davis sound […]