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(Nov-ember 2008), the search for models common to humans and non-human animals will continue in the Workshop: Advances in measurement and noise and noise effects on humans and non-human animals in the environment, to be organized by Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp and Ann Bowles.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all presenters in the session and of course the audience contributing to the important and exciting discussion on recent and further collaboration on noise metrics, measurements on humans and animals.AT References for further reading:
1 R. M. Schafer, The Soundscape, Our sonic environment and the
tuning of the world (Knopf, New York, 1977).
2 B. Schulte-Fortkamp and D. Dubois, (Guest editors), “Recent
Advances in Soundscape Research,” Special Issue of Acta
Acustica united with Acustica 92(6) (2006).
3 P. Lercher and B. Schulte-Fortkamp, “The relevance of sound-
scape research to the assessment of noise annoyance at the com- munity level,” in Proceedings 8th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Rotterdam, June 29 to July 3, 2003
4 J. A. Gill, K. Norris, and W. J. Sutherland, “Why behavioural responses may not reflect the population consequences of human disturbance,“ Biological Conservation 97, 265-268 (2001).
Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp is a Professor at the Technical University Berlin, Germany. For over 20 years her research activities have been concerned with assessing transportation noise related to annoyance and quality of life from an inter- disciplinary point of view. She is particularly interested in evaluation of soundscapes by means of psychoacoustics, acoustic ecology and person-environment-fit approaches. Her research concentrates not only on the impact of noise on sensitive groups such as noise sensitivity in people, but also with comfort related issues concerning defined acoustical environments. She is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, JASA Associate Editor for Noise, and Chair of the Technical Committee on Noise.
Photo courtesy of Sea World San Diego.
Ann E. Bowles is a Senior Research Scientist at the Hubbs- SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI). She specializes in Animal Bioacoustics, particularly the study of animal commu- nication and effects of human-made noise. Under contract to agencies such as CalTrans, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, NASA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service, as well as private organiza- tions, she has spent 29 years studying the effects of noise and disturbance on a wide range of taxa. Her work has emphasized a general understanding of behavioral and physiological effects of noise on animals, with the ultimate goal of developing pre- dictive models of effect. Dr. Bowles worked to bring ASA’s Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee to full committee status (1990-1996) and is now a fellow of the Society and par- ticipant in the ASA Committee on Standards. She was a pan- elist for the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program, which has developed the first set of science-based recommendations of noise exposure standards for marine mammals.
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