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Post by account_disabled on Dec 23, 2023 11:01:07 GMT
The sound in the clip below is called a pulse train associated of the male damselfish. Courtship by a male damselfish The sergeant major a species of damselfish creates a noise by snapping its pharyngeal teeth together and the resulting sound is resonated by the swimbladder says Jill Munger a marine acoustics analyst at the nonprofit Conservation Metrics. This creates pops and clicks which are generally associated with aggressive behaviour and nest defence. Nesting sergeant majors lay their eggs on open reef and then terrorise anything that comes near with these booming chirps and aggressive chasing says Simpson. The booming chirps of a sergeant major fish Listening to the same habitat over time is also revealing the cyclic behaviour of damselfish. We realised there are Mobile App Development Service daynight cycles and dawn and dusk choruses says Simpson. The fish school together during feeding then disperse at night to hide from nocturnal predators. A wealth of ocean data Hydrophones have been used by scientists to record sounds such as those above for decades but now artificial intelligence is allowing the analysis of huge amounts of data in a matter of moments. We are no longer in a position where we have students sitting with headphones listening to recordings and noting down what they detect says Simpson.
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