Conservation Bioacoustics: Listening to the Heartbeat of the Earth
Acoustics Today, Vol. 19, Iss. 3, pgs. 46-53
Aaron N. Rice
arice@cornell.edu
K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
Aaron N. Rice is principal ecologist at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. His research focuses on using conservation technology to understand the ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in aquatic vertebrates and how bioacoustics can provide actionable conservation and management information for mitigating the impacts to vulnerable species and ecosystems. He leads a global research program focused on bioacoustic and ecological analyses of marine animals in oceans around the world but has an intellectual and personal fondness for studying sounds from coral reef fishes.
Marissa Garcia
mg2377@cornell.edu
K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
and
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Marissa Garcia is currently a PhD student. She pursued her undergraduate studies at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she studied integrative biology, environmental science, and public policy. Her previous research has focused on developing automated density estimation in support of the conservation of the North Atlantic right whale. Her current research investigates how passive acoustics can discern how changing physical and biological oceanographic parameters, driven by global climate change, predict cetacean community assemblage off the central Oregon coast. She currently serves as the Student Council representative for the Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee of the Acoustical Society of America.
Laurel Symes
symes@cornell.edu
K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
Laurel Symes is the assistant director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Her research spans frogs, bats, birds, and bugs, with a particular focus on tropical habitats. She works closely with the capacity-building team at the Yang Center to make conservation bioacoustics more accessible and effective.
Holger Klinck
holger.klinck@cornell.edu
K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
Holger Klinck is the John W. Fitzpatrick Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Trained as an ocean engineer with an initial focus on pinnipeds and marine mammals, his research spans the development and application of hardware, software, and AI to address conservation questions for vocally active taxa around the world.