Presentation by Dr. Kieran Cox

Date: March 16, 2023

Time: 7:00 pm

Place: Presentation and meeting on Zoom only. There will be no meeting at the Heritage House this month.

Did you know that many types of fish make noise? Until recently, most people might have thought they were silent. Now, an international group that includes researchers from the University of Victoria, the University of Florida, Universidade de São Paulo, and the Marine Environmental Research Infrastructure for Data Integration and Application Network (MERIDIAN) has launched a website focused on fish and their sounds: FishSounds.net. It ”presents a compilation of acoustic recordings and published information on sound production across all extant fish species globally. [They] hope this information can be used to advance research into fish behavior, passive acoustic monitoring, and human impacts on underwater soundscapes as well as serve as a public resource for anyone interested in learning more about fish sounds.” Join Dr. Kieran Cox, an expert in this field, who is working to integrate marine bioacoustics into the conservation of Canada’s oceans. 

Dr. Cox received a Ph.D. from the University of Victoria in 2021. His doctoral research focused on identifying how intertidal resource use has altered coastal habits and the marine species that reside within them. He is now an ERO and NSERC Fellow at Simon Fraser University and his research focuses on how bioacoustics integrates into the conservation of BC’s marine ecosystems. The aim is to identify the ecological implications of human-modified marine soundscapes and construct a framework for mitigating the impacts.