Title:
Creation of the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB). Development of underwater acoustic technology to assess noise pollution in the ocean
Principle Investigator:
Michel André & Andreu Català
Abstract:
1. Defining and quantifying the added average power spectrum and spatio-temporal variability of acoustic pollution from different sources and the resulting changes in the marine environment;
2. Analysing acoustic pollution related lesions in the cetacean inner ear structures against non-anthropogenic lesions and associated general pathological findings to estimate the correlation level between known acoustic sources and acoustic trauma;
3. Modelling the cetacean bio-sonar intrinsic mechanism as a bio-indicator of the tolerance acoustic threshold of the oceans;
4. Developing new technologies to allow industrial objectives to be reached without compromising the conservation of the marine habitat. WACS, Whale Anti-Collision System and Portable Auditory Evoked Potentials Acquisition System.
5. Establishing a rigorous scientific basis to assess the conservation of marine biodiversity and to help implement national and European policies on marine noise pollution.
Start date:
: 2003
End date:
2004
Financing:
Acción Especial, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
