Technical Committee on Animal Bioacoustics

Animal Bioacoustics, often called simply bioacoustics, is the study of sound in non-human animals. It includes within its scope: animal communication and associated behavior, sound production anatomy and neurophysiology of animals, auditory capacities and auditory mechanisms of animals, instrumental sonar: use in population assessment, identification, and behavior as well as the effects of human-made noise on animals. Search for our articles in Acoustics Today…
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Welcome to the Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee website.

Animal Bioacoustics is the study of:

1. Animal communication, biosonar, and associated behavior
2. Sound production anatomy and neurophysiology of animals
3. Auditory capacities and mechanisms, anatomy, and neurophysiology of animals
4. Acoustic methods for use in population assessment, identification, and behavior
5. Acoustic ecology and effects of sound on animals
6. Instrumentation, algorithms and analysis methods for animal acoustics

For questions related to the Acoustical Society of America Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee please contact the current chair:

Xavier Mouy, Ph.D. (he/him)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Assistant Scientist

Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

xavier.mouy@whoi.edu