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Research Institutes
Acoustic Monitoring Project of the NOAA Vents Program
Vents is a NOAA project at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory centered on studying underground volcanoes; the Acoustic
Monitoring Project website includes study of ocean seismicity, bioacoustics, and environmental noise.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics.html
Vents Bioacoustics Project
Studying the use of long-range passive acoustics to study cetaceans.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/bioacoustics.html
Sound in the Sea
An NOAA Ocean Explorer page.
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/sound01.html
Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals
Part of the Marine Mammal Commission's new Sound Program. The commitee includes people representing industry, government,
and conservation organizations. Papers from each workshop are available for online reading or download.
http://www.mmc.gov/sound/
Applied Physics Laboratory, Rex Andrew Laboratory
Research covers ocean acoustics, especially ambient sound, propagation, and acoustic climate studies.
http://staff.washington.edu/rxandrew/
Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State University
http://www.arl.psu.edu/capabilities/rap_acous_environ.html
Animal Voice
Independent research project looking for evidence of structured language in other species Includes integrated sound files
http://www.animalvoice.com/
Aquatic Bioacoustics Program
Research topics include the physiological effects of human sound on fish, hair cell damage and regeneration, and behavioral
responses to ultrasound.
http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab/index.htm
Bioacoustics Research Program at Cornell University
Research programs centering on birds, cetaceans, and elephants.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/
Bioacoustics Team
http://www.cb.u-psud.fr/
Bio-applied Systems Engineering Group (BASE), University of York
http://www.elec.york.ac.uk/intsys/projects/biological.html
Brainstage
A neuroscience program based at CMU that researches many aspects of sound and its effect on the human mind.
/www.brainstage.org/
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Canadian governmental department coordinating regulation and research in the oceans.
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm
Canadian Ocean Action Plan
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/backgrou/2005/hq-ac47a_e.htm
Carribean Acoustic Network
Monitors and studies the acoustics of shallow reef systems.
http://www.aquason.com/rac/index.html
Cascadia Research
Non-profit research team based in Washington state, with active projects focusing on dive patterns and foraging ecology of orcas and
beaked whales.
http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/current_projects.htm
Census of Marine Life
[http://www.coml.org/coml.htm
Center for Bioacoustics
Part of the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
http://bioacoustics.tamucc.edu/
Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation
A key player in the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium, a multi-institution, multi-year study. Also doing a lot of research,
including filming, on beaked whales.
http://www.whaleresearch.org/
Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/CetaceanAssessment/cetacean.htm
CIBRA (Interdisciplinary Center for Bioacoustics and Environmental Research)
Based at Italy's University of Pavia.
http://www.unipv.it/webcib/res_cibra_uk.html
CMS ACCOBAMS Page
Cetacean Conservation Agreement covering the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and nearby Atlantic. Many migratory species are covered
here.
http://www.cms.int/species/accobams/acc_bkrd.htm
Coastal Marine Mammal Program
http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/default.aspx?category=mm&pageName=mammals
Coastal And Marine Geology Program (USGS Western Region)
Ongoing studies of bathometry of the eastern Pacific.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/
Cascadia Seismic Hazard Project
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/cascadia/
Consortium for Oceanographic Research (CORE)
http://www.coreocean.org/
Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory at Michigan State University
Uses advanced mathematical models and leading edge graphics to develop visual representations of ecologcial data.
http://www.cevl.msu.edu/
Dalhouie University Whitehead Lab
Studies of cetacean populations and acoustics.
http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/index.html
Darlene Ketten Computerized Scanning and Imaging (CSI) Research Laboratory
http://www.whoi.edu/csi/research/index.html
Discovery of Sound in the Sea- University Of Rhode Island
An excellent site with detailed sections on the Physics of sound, Ways that humans use sound, Ways that animals use sound, and
teachers resources.
http://www.dosits.org/dosits.htm
Effects of Sound on the Marine Environment (ESME)
Office of Naval Research program that focuses on modeling sound propagation and biological effects.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1645239
The Elephant Listening Project
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's long-term study of vocalizations among African elephants.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/elephant/
Elephant Voices
Savannah elephant vocalization research project.
http://www.elephantvoices.org/
European Union Integrated Coastal Zone Management Initiative
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/home.htm
Fish Acoustics at East Carolina University
Many sound files of fish sounds and links to research papers on the sounds of fish, using acoustic surveys to study fish populations,
and their behavior.
http://www.personal.ecu.edu/spraguem/drumming.html
Humpback Acoustic Research Collaboration (HARC)
The project tracks whale movements and uses temporary suction cup recorders to measure the sound they are exposed to.
http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/?page=18711&pid=11426
Healthier Environments through Abatement of Vehicle Emissions and Noise (HEAVEN)
Program provides practical information and technologies to help urban planners address air quality and noise issues.
http://heaven.rec.org/
Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas
Studying plate tectonics and earthquakes on land and at sea.
http://web.ig.utexas.edu/research/index.htm
Interspecies
Organization run by conceptual artist Jim Nollman studying interspecies communication.
http://www.interspecies.com/
Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Development
Geo-clutter Research
Institute for Music and Brain Science at Harvard University
Studies healing and music, and includes a division of Acoustic Ecology and Musical culture
http://brainmusic.org/
Institute for Noise Control Engineering
Non profit organization that sponsors conferences for noise control professionals.
http://www.inceusa.org/
Institute of Safe, Quiet and Durable Highways at the University of Purdue
Conducts research aimed at reducing the noise created by tires and highways.
http://meweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~sqdh/
Integrated Acoustics Systems for Ocean Observatories
http://www.oce.uri.edu/ao/IASOO.htm
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
Coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic with 19 member countries
http://www.ices.dk/indexfla.asp
International Society for Neuroethology
Professional organization for researchers studying insect nervous systems, including hearing.
http://www.neuroethology.org/index.php
Jayne Yack Insect Neuroethology Lab
A fascinating site discussing different insect hearing mechanisms and a list of catepillars that use sound.
http://http-server.carleton.ca/~jyack/index.html
Laboratory for the Ocean Observatory Knowledge Integration Grid (LOOKING)
http://www.yubanet.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/8/14091/printer
Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics
A strong focus on marine noise pollution and studying whales through passive acoustics.
http://www.lab.upc.es/
Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory
A center for global geology research, run by Columbia Univeristy. A good source for information on seismic surveys run for "pure
science," studying plate tectonics.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
Marine Mammal Protection and earth Science Research
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/mmp/index.html
Marine Acoustics and Bioacoustics
http://www.cmst.curtin.edu.au/expertise/acoucapa.html
US Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Center
http://www.mpa.gov/
1st International MPA Congress, October 2005
http://www.impacongress.org/
Marine Sanctuaries
NOAA program that coordinates information on marine sanctuaries in US waters. Great educational materials available here.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
MIT Ocean Acoustics Group
Research focuses on the propagation of sound and seismic waves in the ocean, and on the development of improved acoustic
systems for AUV communication and navigation.
http://acoustics.mit.edu/
National Ocean Economics Program
Consolidating research that highlights the economic values of ocean ecosystems.
http://noep.mbari.org/
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Issues permits for research and small takes of marine creatures.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
A research program of NOAA/NMFS. An extensive research database on Pacific marine mammals.
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/
National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
http://www.coreocean.org/Dev2Go.web?id=220628&rnd=5987
NEPTUNE
The North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments project is the world’s largest cable-linked ocean observatory,
using remote monitoring to study an area stretching from British Columbia to Northern California.
http://www.neptunecanada.com/
http://www.neptune.washington.edu/
NOAA Coastal Services Center
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/
NOAA Magazine
http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/
An article with links to many acoustics sites
NOAA's Undersea Research Program
Site featuring many research topics
http://www.nurp.noaa.gov/
NOPP Projects
http://www.coreocean.org/nopp/project-reports/program/byFY.htm
Ocean Acoustics Program
Studying all aspects of marine animal acoustic communication, hearing, and the effects of sound on behavior and hearing.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/acoustics/
Ocean Acoustics, University of Washington
http://oa.apl.washington.edu/
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm
Ocean.US
http://www.ocean.us/
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
http://www.orionprogram.org/
Ocean Studies Board
The OSB has generated a number if important reports on ocean noise issues, and on the future of ocean science research.
http://dels.nas.edu/osb/
Office of Marine Affairs
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/index.html
Office of Naval Research Marine Life Sciences Program
Headquarters for a number of research programs studying the effects of sound on marine life.
http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/34/341/
Pacific Ocean Salmon Tracking (POST)
http://www.postcoml.org/
Pacific Sea Floor Mapping Project
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/
Patricelli Lab, Birds and Acoustics
Focuses on birds and sound, including the effects of human noise on sage grouse acoustic and breeding behaviors.
http://www.eve.ucdavis.edu/gpatricelli/
SACLANT Undersea Research Center (SACLANTCEN)
NATO research program focusing on acoustic propagation modeling.
http://www.nurc.nato.int/
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
http://www.seos.uvic.ca/
Scripps Institute Whale Acoustics Center
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews
http://www.smru.st-and.ac.uk/index.htm
SOLMAR/Sound, Oceanography, and Living Marine Resources
http://solmar.saclantc.nato.int/
Southern Pacific Whale Research Consortium
A multi-year study of whale populations, behavior, and acoustics in the South Pacific.
http://www.whaleresearch.org/SPWRC.htm
SpermWhale.org
The focus of this organization is the use of biosonar, and the possible effects of loud noise on large whales.
http://www.spermwhale.org/index.html
Sperm Whale Seismic Study
A five-year research program sponsored by the US Minerals Management Service.
http://seawater.tamu.edu/SWSS/
SubAcoustech
http://www.subacoustech.com/index.shtml
Sustainable Fisheries Office
Focuses on maintenance of healthy fish stocks
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/sfweb/index.htm
Toward a US Plan for an Integrated, Sustained Ocean Observing System
http://www.coreocean.org/resources/nopp/towardintegrated.pdf
Tropical Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Initiative
A Conservation Center focusing on developing acoustic monitoring systems for rainforest ecosystems.
http://www.teaminitiative.org/portal/server.pt
Underwater Acoustics Research Group
Focus is on development of sonar systems and processing, with programs also exploring passive and active deterrence and
biosonar. http://sonar-fs.lboro.ac.uk/newsite/index.php
Underwater Noise
Research on underwater noise website, including many human sources like shipping, construction, sonar, and oil and gas
development. http://www.underwaternoise.org.uk/
UK Offshore Operators Association
Oil and Gas exploration account for most of the oceanic acoustic research throughout the oil producing fields of the world.
http://www.ukooa.co.uk/
University of Kentucky Fish Hearing Reseach Program
http://biology.uky.edu/yan/
The University Of Massachusettes Fish Ecology Research Program
A summary of research projects and many sound files of fish sounds.
http://www.fishecology.org/soniferous/soniferous.htm
University of South Florida, Fish Lab
A Collection of sound files of various fish, with links to sections on fish sound production, ultrasonic hearing, and bioacoustics.
http://www.marine.usf.edu/bio/fishlab/index.htm
Sound files: http://www.marine.usf.edu/bio/fishlab/fish_sound_production.htm
University Of Victoria VENUS Program
http://www.venus.uvic.ca/
UN Law of the Sea
International agreement governing use of the ocean's resources. Website includes wide-ranging documents and links to various
offices of interest.
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
Western Australia Blue Whale Project
http://www.cmst.curtin.edu.au/research/wa_bluewhales/index.html
Whale Acoustics
Includes an extensive sound file section and a discussion of various ocean noise sources. [WEBSITE]
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
http://www.mbl.edu/
Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute
One of the nation's leading oceanography centers, home to several Institutes.
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7137
Journals
Bioacoustics Journal
International peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study and recording of animal sounds
http://www.zi.ku.dk/zi/bioacoustics/homepage.html
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Addresses the human race's interrelationship with and management of wildlife species, their habitats, and the biosphere as well as
the impact of judicial decisions at both the national and international level.
http://www.jiwlp.com/
Ocean Science
An online monthly publication from the Minerals Management Service.
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/ocean_science/index.html
VLF Listeners' Handbook
A guide to elf/vlf "natural radio" emissions of earth.
http://www.auroralchorus.com/vlfhndbk.htm
Sound Libraries
Natural Soundscape Libraries
Animal Voice
Independent research project looking for evidence of structured language in other species Includes integrated sound files
http://www.animalvoice.com/
Animal Sound Archive of the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
Includes over 100,000 animal recordings.
http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/srs/
Borror Library of Bioacoustics
Features over 900 bird species.
http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/
British Library National Sound Archive Wildlife Section
Collection now holds more than 130,000 scientifically organised and documented recordings.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/wild.html
California Library of Natural Sounds
A resource center who provides information and sound for educational and creative projects.
http://www.naturesounds.org/clns.html
Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) Sound Library
Insect sound files from a USDA sponsored reasearch program.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/docs.htm?docid=10919
Cornell Lab of Ornithology's MacCauley Library of Natural Sounds
A major Information center for research, educational, and conservation involving animal sounds.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/MacaulayLibrary/
Discovery of Sound in the Sea Audio Gallery
Huge collection of sounds from various sources, including marine life, human soundscape and natural weather sounds
http://www.dosits.org/gallery/intro.htm
Fish Acoustics
Many sound files from the Sciaenid Acoustics Research Team at East Carolina University.
http://www.personal.ecu.edu/spraguem/drumming.html
Fish Lab
The University of South Florida's collection of sound files of various fish with links to sections on fish sound production, ultrasonic
hearing and bioacoustics.
http://www.marine.usf.edu/bio/fishlab/fish_sound_production.htm
Scripps Institute Whale Acoustics Center
Includes Studies and a library of whale vocalizations.
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
VLF recordings
Links and sound files of recordings of Very Low Frequency sounds triggered by lightning strikes and northern lights.
http://www.auroralchorus.com/http://www.auroralchorus.com/
Whale Acoustics
Website whose focus is the passive acoustic research of whales.
http://www.whaleacoustics.com/
Wild Sanctuary
A vast collection of wilderness soundscapes.
http://www.wildsanctuary.com/articles.html
Transformations of Sound In Natural Soundscapes
Andra McCartney
http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/facstaff/m-o/mccartney/
Hildegard Westerkamp
http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/
Bernard Fort
http://www.electrocd.com/bio.e/fort_be.html
Human Soundscapes
Christopher DeLaurenti
http://www.delaurenti.net/
Quiet American
http://www.quietamerican.org/
Michael Rüsenberg
http://www.realambient.de/
Hans Ulrich Werner
http://www.earthear.com/catalog/profiles/werner.html
World Soundscape Project
http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html
Music Informed by Nature
Sarah Peebles
http://www.sarahpeebles.net/
Doug Quin
http://www.dqmedia.com/
David Rothenberg/Doug Quin
http://greenmuseum.org/c/vop/rothenberg.php
Other Soundscape Related Sites and Projects
Archaeoacoustics Sites
Geniet: Megasound
http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/eng/megasoundindex.htm
Monumental UK
http://www.monumental.uk.com/
Rock Art Acoustics
http://geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9461/
Yahoo Group of Archaeoacoustics
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/archaeoacoustics/
City Soundscapes
Memoryscapes
Walking soundscapes from London
http://www.memoryscape.org.uk/
Sounds of New York
Collection of short sound recordings from around New York City.
http://www.soundsofnewyork.com/
Soundseeker
Collection of sound recordings made around greater New York.
http://www.soundseeker.org/
Sound Sense of Place
A collaboration between the Detroit Zoo and the Canbrook Academy of Art along with sound artist David Dunn.
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/soundsense/
Other Projects of Interest
Acoustic Environments in Change
In 1975, some of the pioneers of soundscape studies visited and documented the acoustic environment in five European villages that
became a hallmark in the field of acoustic ecology. Later in 2000, a group of students re-visted the same towns and recreated the
project to compare differences.
http://www.6villages.tpu.fi/
Atlas Musicalis Project
Electroacoustic bioregionalism from Brazil.
http://www.artnet.com.br/pmotta/atlasmus.htm
The Cicada Brood X Website
http://silvertone.princeton.edu/~skot/cicada/index.html
Dinosaur Sounds
http://www.dinosaursounds.com/
Kalerne
Website of sound artist Yannick Dauby.
[http://kalerne.free.fr/
Interspecies Communication
Improvised music as a form of communication between humans and other animal species.
http://www.interspecies.com/
Library of Vanished Sounds
Part of a great "turn of the millenium" Soundscapes Festival in the Netherlands. Features an archive of vanished natural and
mechanical sounds from human environments.
http://www.omroep.nl/nps/radio/supplement/99/soundscapes/
Macaulay Library Animal Sound Visualizer
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, home of one of the most comprehensive collections of bioacoustics recordings.
http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org/loginPublic.do
MSA Design
Website includes many essays and articles on the role of sound in architecture, nature, and perception.
http://www.msa-design.com/
One Square Inch of Silence
Gordon Hempton's annual Earth Day project.
http://www.onesquareinch.org/
Orca Live.net
Live broadcasts orca sounds from off the coast of British Columbia.
http://www.orca-live.net/
Phonography.org
A loose collection of field recordists featuring sounds of human habitats as well as those of nature.
http://www.phonography.org/
Pulse of the Planet
Jim Metzner's daily NPR sound project
http://www.pulseplanet.com/
The River
Sound works from 11 soundscape artists, curated by EarthEar.
http://www.earthear.com/river/
Santa Fe Sound
An ocassional audio journal from Jason Goodyear of the Institute of Acoustic Ecology .
http://santafesound.blogspot.com/
Scripps Institute Whale Acoustics Center
A library of whale vocalizations with spectrograms.
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
Sound and Society
A website that covers the acoustic dimensions of culture in the South Pacific.
http://www.upsaid.com/proquet/index.php
The Sounds of Earth
Sound files of the LP sent with the Voyager space probe.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/sounds.html
Soundwalks Online
A collection of online soundwalks hosted by Andra McCartney.
http://www.htmlles.net/1998/intros/mccartney.html
A Sound Walk Across Natural California
A site dedicated to California's diverse habitats.
http://www.museumca.org/naturalsounds/
Space Sounds
http://www.spacesounds.com/home/index.html
Storm Sounds
http://www.stormsounds.com/
SunRings, The Kronos Quartet, and Terry Riley
NASA commissioned Terry Riley to compose a work based on the sound recordings of scientist Don Gurnett. As performed by the
Kronos Quartet in 2002.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/sun-rings/
Swarm Music
A site by Tim Blackwell featuring a digitized model of music based on swarming and flocking relationships in insects and birds.
http://www.timblackwell.com/
Underwater Acoustics
A useful web tutorial on underwater acoustics created by Lisa Walker.
http://www.groovedwhale.com/
University Of Iowa Space Audio Page
Features everything from earth-based ionospheric VLF recordings to Cassini at Saturn and Voyager at the termination shock of the
solar wind on the extremities of the solar system.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/
Voices in the Sea
Flash presentation of Several families of cetaceans, including dolphins, beaked whales, blue whales, and humpbacks.
http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/Flash/
WhaleSong.net
Live broadcasts of humpback whale songs from the middle pacific.
http://www.whalesong.net/
WorldTune
An ongoing interactive sound source. A sound library also includes submissions from around the world, and is being constantly
expanded.
http://www.worldtune.com/2000/index.php3
Acoustic Monitoring Project of the NOAA Vents Program
Vents is a NOAA project at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory centered on studying underground volcanoes; the Acoustic
Monitoring Project website includes study of ocean seismicity, bioacoustics, and environmental noise.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics.html
Vents Bioacoustics Project
Studying the use of long-range passive acoustics to study cetaceans.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/bioacoustics.html
Sound in the Sea
An NOAA Ocean Explorer page.
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/sound01.html
Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals
Part of the Marine Mammal Commission's new Sound Program. The commitee includes people representing industry, government,
and conservation organizations. Papers from each workshop are available for online reading or download.
http://www.mmc.gov/sound/
Applied Physics Laboratory, Rex Andrew Laboratory
Research covers ocean acoustics, especially ambient sound, propagation, and acoustic climate studies.
http://staff.washington.edu/rxandrew/
Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State University
http://www.arl.psu.edu/capabilities/rap_acous_environ.html
Animal Voice
Independent research project looking for evidence of structured language in other species Includes integrated sound files
http://www.animalvoice.com/
Aquatic Bioacoustics Program
Research topics include the physiological effects of human sound on fish, hair cell damage and regeneration, and behavioral
responses to ultrasound.
http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab/index.htm
Bioacoustics Research Program at Cornell University
Research programs centering on birds, cetaceans, and elephants.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/
Bioacoustics Team
http://www.cb.u-psud.fr/
Bio-applied Systems Engineering Group (BASE), University of York
http://www.elec.york.ac.uk/intsys/projects/biological.html
Brainstage
A neuroscience program based at CMU that researches many aspects of sound and its effect on the human mind.
/www.brainstage.org/
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Canadian governmental department coordinating regulation and research in the oceans.
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm
Canadian Ocean Action Plan
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/backgrou/2005/hq-ac47a_e.htm
Carribean Acoustic Network
Monitors and studies the acoustics of shallow reef systems.
http://www.aquason.com/rac/index.html
Cascadia Research
Non-profit research team based in Washington state, with active projects focusing on dive patterns and foraging ecology of orcas and
beaked whales.
http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/current_projects.htm
Census of Marine Life
[http://www.coml.org/coml.htm
Center for Bioacoustics
Part of the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
http://bioacoustics.tamucc.edu/
Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation
A key player in the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium, a multi-institution, multi-year study. Also doing a lot of research,
including filming, on beaked whales.
http://www.whaleresearch.org/
Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/CetaceanAssessment/cetacean.htm
CIBRA (Interdisciplinary Center for Bioacoustics and Environmental Research)
Based at Italy's University of Pavia.
http://www.unipv.it/webcib/res_cibra_uk.html
CMS ACCOBAMS Page
Cetacean Conservation Agreement covering the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and nearby Atlantic. Many migratory species are covered
here.
http://www.cms.int/species/accobams/acc_bkrd.htm
Coastal Marine Mammal Program
http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/default.aspx?category=mm&pageName=mammals
Coastal And Marine Geology Program (USGS Western Region)
Ongoing studies of bathometry of the eastern Pacific.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/
Cascadia Seismic Hazard Project
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/cascadia/
Consortium for Oceanographic Research (CORE)
http://www.coreocean.org/
Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory at Michigan State University
Uses advanced mathematical models and leading edge graphics to develop visual representations of ecologcial data.
http://www.cevl.msu.edu/
Dalhouie University Whitehead Lab
Studies of cetacean populations and acoustics.
http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/index.html
Darlene Ketten Computerized Scanning and Imaging (CSI) Research Laboratory
http://www.whoi.edu/csi/research/index.html
Discovery of Sound in the Sea- University Of Rhode Island
An excellent site with detailed sections on the Physics of sound, Ways that humans use sound, Ways that animals use sound, and
teachers resources.
http://www.dosits.org/dosits.htm
Effects of Sound on the Marine Environment (ESME)
Office of Naval Research program that focuses on modeling sound propagation and biological effects.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1645239
The Elephant Listening Project
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's long-term study of vocalizations among African elephants.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/elephant/
Elephant Voices
Savannah elephant vocalization research project.
http://www.elephantvoices.org/
European Union Integrated Coastal Zone Management Initiative
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/home.htm
Fish Acoustics at East Carolina University
Many sound files of fish sounds and links to research papers on the sounds of fish, using acoustic surveys to study fish populations,
and their behavior.
http://www.personal.ecu.edu/spraguem/drumming.html
Humpback Acoustic Research Collaboration (HARC)
The project tracks whale movements and uses temporary suction cup recorders to measure the sound they are exposed to.
http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/?page=18711&pid=11426
Healthier Environments through Abatement of Vehicle Emissions and Noise (HEAVEN)
Program provides practical information and technologies to help urban planners address air quality and noise issues.
http://heaven.rec.org/
Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas
Studying plate tectonics and earthquakes on land and at sea.
http://web.ig.utexas.edu/research/index.htm
Interspecies
Organization run by conceptual artist Jim Nollman studying interspecies communication.
http://www.interspecies.com/
Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Development
Geo-clutter Research
Institute for Music and Brain Science at Harvard University
Studies healing and music, and includes a division of Acoustic Ecology and Musical culture
http://brainmusic.org/
Institute for Noise Control Engineering
Non profit organization that sponsors conferences for noise control professionals.
http://www.inceusa.org/
Institute of Safe, Quiet and Durable Highways at the University of Purdue
Conducts research aimed at reducing the noise created by tires and highways.
http://meweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~sqdh/
Integrated Acoustics Systems for Ocean Observatories
http://www.oce.uri.edu/ao/IASOO.htm
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
Coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic with 19 member countries
http://www.ices.dk/indexfla.asp
International Society for Neuroethology
Professional organization for researchers studying insect nervous systems, including hearing.
http://www.neuroethology.org/index.php
Jayne Yack Insect Neuroethology Lab
A fascinating site discussing different insect hearing mechanisms and a list of catepillars that use sound.
http://http-server.carleton.ca/~jyack/index.html
Laboratory for the Ocean Observatory Knowledge Integration Grid (LOOKING)
http://www.yubanet.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/8/14091/printer
Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics
A strong focus on marine noise pollution and studying whales through passive acoustics.
http://www.lab.upc.es/
Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory
A center for global geology research, run by Columbia Univeristy. A good source for information on seismic surveys run for "pure
science," studying plate tectonics.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
Marine Mammal Protection and earth Science Research
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/mmp/index.html
Marine Acoustics and Bioacoustics
http://www.cmst.curtin.edu.au/expertise/acoucapa.html
US Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Center
http://www.mpa.gov/
1st International MPA Congress, October 2005
http://www.impacongress.org/
Marine Sanctuaries
NOAA program that coordinates information on marine sanctuaries in US waters. Great educational materials available here.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
MIT Ocean Acoustics Group
Research focuses on the propagation of sound and seismic waves in the ocean, and on the development of improved acoustic
systems for AUV communication and navigation.
http://acoustics.mit.edu/
National Ocean Economics Program
Consolidating research that highlights the economic values of ocean ecosystems.
http://noep.mbari.org/
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Issues permits for research and small takes of marine creatures.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
A research program of NOAA/NMFS. An extensive research database on Pacific marine mammals.
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/
National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP)
http://www.coreocean.org/Dev2Go.web?id=220628&rnd=5987
NEPTUNE
The North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments project is the world’s largest cable-linked ocean observatory,
using remote monitoring to study an area stretching from British Columbia to Northern California.
http://www.neptunecanada.com/
http://www.neptune.washington.edu/
NOAA Coastal Services Center
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/
NOAA Magazine
http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/
An article with links to many acoustics sites
NOAA's Undersea Research Program
Site featuring many research topics
http://www.nurp.noaa.gov/
NOPP Projects
http://www.coreocean.org/nopp/project-reports/program/byFY.htm
Ocean Acoustics Program
Studying all aspects of marine animal acoustic communication, hearing, and the effects of sound on behavior and hearing.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/acoustics/
Ocean Acoustics, University of Washington
http://oa.apl.washington.edu/
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm
Ocean.US
http://www.ocean.us/
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
http://www.orionprogram.org/
Ocean Studies Board
The OSB has generated a number if important reports on ocean noise issues, and on the future of ocean science research.
http://dels.nas.edu/osb/
Office of Marine Affairs
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/index.html
Office of Naval Research Marine Life Sciences Program
Headquarters for a number of research programs studying the effects of sound on marine life.
http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/34/341/
Pacific Ocean Salmon Tracking (POST)
http://www.postcoml.org/
Pacific Sea Floor Mapping Project
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/
Patricelli Lab, Birds and Acoustics
Focuses on birds and sound, including the effects of human noise on sage grouse acoustic and breeding behaviors.
http://www.eve.ucdavis.edu/gpatricelli/
SACLANT Undersea Research Center (SACLANTCEN)
NATO research program focusing on acoustic propagation modeling.
http://www.nurc.nato.int/
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
http://www.seos.uvic.ca/
Scripps Institute Whale Acoustics Center
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews
http://www.smru.st-and.ac.uk/index.htm
SOLMAR/Sound, Oceanography, and Living Marine Resources
http://solmar.saclantc.nato.int/
Southern Pacific Whale Research Consortium
A multi-year study of whale populations, behavior, and acoustics in the South Pacific.
http://www.whaleresearch.org/SPWRC.htm
SpermWhale.org
The focus of this organization is the use of biosonar, and the possible effects of loud noise on large whales.
http://www.spermwhale.org/index.html
Sperm Whale Seismic Study
A five-year research program sponsored by the US Minerals Management Service.
http://seawater.tamu.edu/SWSS/
SubAcoustech
http://www.subacoustech.com/index.shtml
Sustainable Fisheries Office
Focuses on maintenance of healthy fish stocks
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/sfweb/index.htm
Toward a US Plan for an Integrated, Sustained Ocean Observing System
http://www.coreocean.org/resources/nopp/towardintegrated.pdf
Tropical Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Initiative
A Conservation Center focusing on developing acoustic monitoring systems for rainforest ecosystems.
http://www.teaminitiative.org/portal/server.pt
Underwater Acoustics Research Group
Focus is on development of sonar systems and processing, with programs also exploring passive and active deterrence and
biosonar. http://sonar-fs.lboro.ac.uk/newsite/index.php
Underwater Noise
Research on underwater noise website, including many human sources like shipping, construction, sonar, and oil and gas
development. http://www.underwaternoise.org.uk/
UK Offshore Operators Association
Oil and Gas exploration account for most of the oceanic acoustic research throughout the oil producing fields of the world.
http://www.ukooa.co.uk/
University of Kentucky Fish Hearing Reseach Program
http://biology.uky.edu/yan/
The University Of Massachusettes Fish Ecology Research Program
A summary of research projects and many sound files of fish sounds.
http://www.fishecology.org/soniferous/soniferous.htm
University of South Florida, Fish Lab
A Collection of sound files of various fish, with links to sections on fish sound production, ultrasonic hearing, and bioacoustics.
http://www.marine.usf.edu/bio/fishlab/index.htm
Sound files: http://www.marine.usf.edu/bio/fishlab/fish_sound_production.htm
University Of Victoria VENUS Program
http://www.venus.uvic.ca/
UN Law of the Sea
International agreement governing use of the ocean's resources. Website includes wide-ranging documents and links to various
offices of interest.
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
Western Australia Blue Whale Project
http://www.cmst.curtin.edu.au/research/wa_bluewhales/index.html
Whale Acoustics
Includes an extensive sound file section and a discussion of various ocean noise sources. [WEBSITE]
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
http://www.mbl.edu/
Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute
One of the nation's leading oceanography centers, home to several Institutes.
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7137
Journals
Bioacoustics Journal
International peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study and recording of animal sounds
http://www.zi.ku.dk/zi/bioacoustics/homepage.html
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Addresses the human race's interrelationship with and management of wildlife species, their habitats, and the biosphere as well as
the impact of judicial decisions at both the national and international level.
http://www.jiwlp.com/
Ocean Science
An online monthly publication from the Minerals Management Service.
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/ocean_science/index.html
VLF Listeners' Handbook
A guide to elf/vlf "natural radio" emissions of earth.
http://www.auroralchorus.com/vlfhndbk.htm
Sound Libraries
Natural Soundscape Libraries
Animal Voice
Independent research project looking for evidence of structured language in other species Includes integrated sound files
http://www.animalvoice.com/
Animal Sound Archive of the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
Includes over 100,000 animal recordings.
http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/srs/
Borror Library of Bioacoustics
Features over 900 bird species.
http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/
British Library National Sound Archive Wildlife Section
Collection now holds more than 130,000 scientifically organised and documented recordings.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/wild.html
California Library of Natural Sounds
A resource center who provides information and sound for educational and creative projects.
http://www.naturesounds.org/clns.html
Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) Sound Library
Insect sound files from a USDA sponsored reasearch program.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/docs.htm?docid=10919
Cornell Lab of Ornithology's MacCauley Library of Natural Sounds
A major Information center for research, educational, and conservation involving animal sounds.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/MacaulayLibrary/
Discovery of Sound in the Sea Audio Gallery
Huge collection of sounds from various sources, including marine life, human soundscape and natural weather sounds
http://www.dosits.org/gallery/intro.htm
Fish Acoustics
Many sound files from the Sciaenid Acoustics Research Team at East Carolina University.
http://www.personal.ecu.edu/spraguem/drumming.html
Fish Lab
The University of South Florida's collection of sound files of various fish with links to sections on fish sound production, ultrasonic
hearing and bioacoustics.
http://www.marine.usf.edu/bio/fishlab/fish_sound_production.htm
Scripps Institute Whale Acoustics Center
Includes Studies and a library of whale vocalizations.
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
VLF recordings
Links and sound files of recordings of Very Low Frequency sounds triggered by lightning strikes and northern lights.
http://www.auroralchorus.com/http://www.auroralchorus.com/
Whale Acoustics
Website whose focus is the passive acoustic research of whales.
http://www.whaleacoustics.com/
Wild Sanctuary
A vast collection of wilderness soundscapes.
http://www.wildsanctuary.com/articles.html
Transformations of Sound In Natural Soundscapes
Andra McCartney
http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/facstaff/m-o/mccartney/
Hildegard Westerkamp
http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/
Bernard Fort
http://www.electrocd.com/bio.e/fort_be.html
Human Soundscapes
Christopher DeLaurenti
http://www.delaurenti.net/
Quiet American
http://www.quietamerican.org/
Michael Rüsenberg
http://www.realambient.de/
Hans Ulrich Werner
http://www.earthear.com/catalog/profiles/werner.html
World Soundscape Project
http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html
Music Informed by Nature
Sarah Peebles
http://www.sarahpeebles.net/
Doug Quin
http://www.dqmedia.com/
David Rothenberg/Doug Quin
http://greenmuseum.org/c/vop/rothenberg.php
Other Soundscape Related Sites and Projects
Archaeoacoustics Sites
Geniet: Megasound
http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/eng/megasoundindex.htm
Monumental UK
http://www.monumental.uk.com/
Rock Art Acoustics
http://geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9461/
Yahoo Group of Archaeoacoustics
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/archaeoacoustics/
City Soundscapes
Memoryscapes
Walking soundscapes from London
http://www.memoryscape.org.uk/
Sounds of New York
Collection of short sound recordings from around New York City.
http://www.soundsofnewyork.com/
Soundseeker
Collection of sound recordings made around greater New York.
http://www.soundseeker.org/
Sound Sense of Place
A collaboration between the Detroit Zoo and the Canbrook Academy of Art along with sound artist David Dunn.
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/soundsense/
Other Projects of Interest
Acoustic Environments in Change
In 1975, some of the pioneers of soundscape studies visited and documented the acoustic environment in five European villages that
became a hallmark in the field of acoustic ecology. Later in 2000, a group of students re-visted the same towns and recreated the
project to compare differences.
http://www.6villages.tpu.fi/
Atlas Musicalis Project
Electroacoustic bioregionalism from Brazil.
http://www.artnet.com.br/pmotta/atlasmus.htm
The Cicada Brood X Website
http://silvertone.princeton.edu/~skot/cicada/index.html
Dinosaur Sounds
http://www.dinosaursounds.com/
Kalerne
Website of sound artist Yannick Dauby.
[http://kalerne.free.fr/
Interspecies Communication
Improvised music as a form of communication between humans and other animal species.
http://www.interspecies.com/
Library of Vanished Sounds
Part of a great "turn of the millenium" Soundscapes Festival in the Netherlands. Features an archive of vanished natural and
mechanical sounds from human environments.
http://www.omroep.nl/nps/radio/supplement/99/soundscapes/
Macaulay Library Animal Sound Visualizer
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, home of one of the most comprehensive collections of bioacoustics recordings.
http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org/loginPublic.do
MSA Design
Website includes many essays and articles on the role of sound in architecture, nature, and perception.
http://www.msa-design.com/
One Square Inch of Silence
Gordon Hempton's annual Earth Day project.
http://www.onesquareinch.org/
Orca Live.net
Live broadcasts orca sounds from off the coast of British Columbia.
http://www.orca-live.net/
Phonography.org
A loose collection of field recordists featuring sounds of human habitats as well as those of nature.
http://www.phonography.org/
Pulse of the Planet
Jim Metzner's daily NPR sound project
http://www.pulseplanet.com/
The River
Sound works from 11 soundscape artists, curated by EarthEar.
http://www.earthear.com/river/
Santa Fe Sound
An ocassional audio journal from Jason Goodyear of the Institute of Acoustic Ecology .
http://santafesound.blogspot.com/
Scripps Institute Whale Acoustics Center
A library of whale vocalizations with spectrograms.
http://www.cetus.ucsd.edu/
Sound and Society
A website that covers the acoustic dimensions of culture in the South Pacific.
http://www.upsaid.com/proquet/index.php
The Sounds of Earth
Sound files of the LP sent with the Voyager space probe.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/sounds.html
Soundwalks Online
A collection of online soundwalks hosted by Andra McCartney.
http://www.htmlles.net/1998/intros/mccartney.html
A Sound Walk Across Natural California
A site dedicated to California's diverse habitats.
http://www.museumca.org/naturalsounds/
Space Sounds
http://www.spacesounds.com/home/index.html
Storm Sounds
http://www.stormsounds.com/
SunRings, The Kronos Quartet, and Terry Riley
NASA commissioned Terry Riley to compose a work based on the sound recordings of scientist Don Gurnett. As performed by the
Kronos Quartet in 2002.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/sun-rings/
Swarm Music
A site by Tim Blackwell featuring a digitized model of music based on swarming and flocking relationships in insects and birds.
http://www.timblackwell.com/
Underwater Acoustics
A useful web tutorial on underwater acoustics created by Lisa Walker.
http://www.groovedwhale.com/
University Of Iowa Space Audio Page
Features everything from earth-based ionospheric VLF recordings to Cassini at Saturn and Voyager at the termination shock of the
solar wind on the extremities of the solar system.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/
Voices in the Sea
Flash presentation of Several families of cetaceans, including dolphins, beaked whales, blue whales, and humpbacks.
http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/Flash/
WhaleSong.net
Live broadcasts of humpback whale songs from the middle pacific.
http://www.whalesong.net/
WorldTune
An ongoing interactive sound source. A sound library also includes submissions from around the world, and is being constantly
expanded.
http://www.worldtune.com/2000/index.php3
Acoustic Ecology Organizations
The Acoustic Ecology Institute
An amazing assortment of information and links.
http://www.acousticecology.org/index.html
Acoustical Society of America
Devoted to study and pracitical applications in acoustics
http://asa.aip.org/
Animal Bioacoustics
Acoustical Society of America's introduction to Bioacoustics.
http://asa.aip.org/ani_bioac/
Acoustics.org
ASA website featuring links relating to acoustics research
http://www.acoustics.org/index.html
American Geological Institute
A nonprofit federation of 43 geoscientific and professional associations, and a major resource to the field of geoscience and acoustic
ecology.
http://www.agiweb.org/
Bioacoustics Journal
International peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study and recording of animal sounds
http://www.zi.ku.dk/zi/bioacoustics/homepage.html
Borror Library of Bioacoustics
Ohio State University sound library featuring recordings by hundreds of different birds.
http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/
Campaign to Protect Rural England Tranquility Program
This site is a great resource for anyone interested in promoting the value of tranquility in our world before it vanishes. The work being
done by these people deserves extended study by anyone working with public responses to noise.
http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/landscape/tranquillity
Commission on Ocean Policy (US)
A Commission charged with developing recommendations for updates in US ocean policy.
http://oceancommission.gov/welcome.html
European Cetacean Society
http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/
Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise
http://www.fican.org/index.html
International Bioacoustics Council
Based at the British Library Sound Archive.
http://www.ibac.info/
International Whaling Commission
Holds an annual meeting including comprehensive overview of new science research related to marine mammals and noise (part of
the work of the Scientific Committee).
http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Addresses the issues concerning the human race's interrelationship with and management of wildlife species, their habitats, and the
biosphere.
http://www.jiwlp.com/
Ocean Science
An online monthly publication.
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/ocean_science/index.html
Society for Marine Mammalogy
Sponsors bienniel conference and publishes proceedings and a journal.
http://www.marinemammalogy.org/
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center
Resources and information on worldwide species diversity and conservation, part of the United Nations Environment Program.
provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
Another fantastic website with lots of links covering the subject of Acoustic Ecology
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/wfae/home/
World Ocean Observatory
A clearinghouse of information on cultural, scientific, and governmental programs involving ocean issues.
http://thew2o.net/default.html
The Acoustic Ecology Institute
An amazing assortment of information and links.
http://www.acousticecology.org/index.html
Acoustical Society of America
Devoted to study and pracitical applications in acoustics
http://asa.aip.org/
Animal Bioacoustics
Acoustical Society of America's introduction to Bioacoustics.
http://asa.aip.org/ani_bioac/
Acoustics.org
ASA website featuring links relating to acoustics research
http://www.acoustics.org/index.html
American Geological Institute
A nonprofit federation of 43 geoscientific and professional associations, and a major resource to the field of geoscience and acoustic
ecology.
http://www.agiweb.org/
Bioacoustics Journal
International peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study and recording of animal sounds
http://www.zi.ku.dk/zi/bioacoustics/homepage.html
Borror Library of Bioacoustics
Ohio State University sound library featuring recordings by hundreds of different birds.
http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/
Campaign to Protect Rural England Tranquility Program
This site is a great resource for anyone interested in promoting the value of tranquility in our world before it vanishes. The work being
done by these people deserves extended study by anyone working with public responses to noise.
http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/landscape/tranquillity
Commission on Ocean Policy (US)
A Commission charged with developing recommendations for updates in US ocean policy.
http://oceancommission.gov/welcome.html
European Cetacean Society
http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/
Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise
http://www.fican.org/index.html
International Bioacoustics Council
Based at the British Library Sound Archive.
http://www.ibac.info/
International Whaling Commission
Holds an annual meeting including comprehensive overview of new science research related to marine mammals and noise (part of
the work of the Scientific Committee).
http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Addresses the issues concerning the human race's interrelationship with and management of wildlife species, their habitats, and the
biosphere.
http://www.jiwlp.com/
Ocean Science
An online monthly publication.
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/ocean_science/index.html
Society for Marine Mammalogy
Sponsors bienniel conference and publishes proceedings and a journal.
http://www.marinemammalogy.org/
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center
Resources and information on worldwide species diversity and conservation, part of the United Nations Environment Program.
provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
Another fantastic website with lots of links covering the subject of Acoustic Ecology
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/wfae/home/
World Ocean Observatory
A clearinghouse of information on cultural, scientific, and governmental programs involving ocean issues.
http://thew2o.net/default.html
Yet even more areas of Interest, including data and conference papers, can be found here