Bioacoustics Sensing Is an Advanced Technology That Is Used To Understand the Acoustical Perception of Especially Marine Animals

 

Bioacoustics sensing is used all over the world, including in regions such as Germany, Mexico, and Japan. Bioacoustics sensing is a discipline that blends acoustics and biology. In most cases, it is used in veterinary medicine to evaluate the effectiveness of certain drugs and the physiological side effects that may occur as a result of them. It also can be used in diagnostic, medical equipment such as MRI machines and ultrasound machines to analyze certain areas of the body. In this way, it may help veterinarians locate any abnormalities in the body or its functions. However, it is often used to develop diagnostic tools for laboratory research.

The term bioacoustics sensing refers to the study of sound propagation, dispersion, and reception by animals, which includes humans. Animals are very sensitive to sound so the performance of these tests must be both highly sensitive and highly specialized to yield reliable results. It is the combination of highly sensitive and highly specialized equipment that makes bioacoustics evaluation such an important part of animal research. A combination of multiple methods is usually needed for such tests. The increasing prevalence of fishing ports in regions such as Japan has increased activities such as bioacoustics sensing. For instance, according to the Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries, there are more than 2000 fishing ports in Japan.

One method used in bioacoustics sensing involves the use of sonar technology. This technique has been found extremely useful in studying the response of living organisms to external sounds. Biomechanics usually perform such tests on fish. For example, when a fish is gently moved by a technician, the reflected sound waves will reveal how the fish reacts to that movement. Another method for bioacoustics sensing is through the use of audio recordings. Different recordings have been found to differ in their levels of compression, clarity, loudness, and other characteristics. Bioacoustics sensing can identify which species are sensitive to particular qualities in sound through the comparisons of the differences in the quality of audio recordings. As an example, if a particular species is sensitive to high levels of compression, then a certain level of clarity in the audio recordings should be increased to lessen the effects of the external noises on the organism.