Communications & Community:

Ethology ( study of animal behavior )

• Groupings & Associations
• Migrations
• Specific Behaviors

Bioacoustics

• General

Bioacoustics
A scientific journal. ( Article titles only, in English. )
Excellent list of out-links, though. General coverage. Based in Denmark.

Cornell Ornithology Lab
Birds, Elephants, & Whales!!!

• General ( NEW - 9/29/01 - D.C. - )


Whale Watching Web


Bioacoustics Team
University of Southern Paris - Birds, frogs, and insects.


Center for Bioacoustics and Environmental Research
Pavia, Italy - Marine oceanographic.


Center for Bioacoustics
Texas A and M - Birds and whales.


Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
Emphasis on birds and bats. List of bioacoustics outlinks.


Bioacoustics Research Lab. at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champane
Beckman Institute ( lab instrument maker ). Effects of ultrasound on tissues, etc.
Emphasis here is entirely medical, but probably could be applied to the bio-physics of the "melons" in whales and dolphins! ( Any takers? )




• Marine
• Non-Cetacean
• Whales

Whale Acoustics Project
NMML - National Marine Mammals Lab - Seattle, Washington /
PMEL - Pacific Marine Environmental Lab - Newport, Washington

Many good cross-links. Excellent introduction to underwater acoustics.
[ Starting here to study the physics is highly recommended!! ]
• Dolphins & Porpoises

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