Tuesday Seminar: Sensory Ecology and Bioacoustics of Marine Animals

The marine explorer Jacques Cousteau’s call his famous underwater documentary the “Silent World,” how could he get it so wrong? The underwater world is a rich acoustic sensory environment that many marine animals have taken advantage of. The University’s Leigh Marine Laboratory has a long history in bioacoustics, where we were the first to show that tiny marine larvae can use underwater sound to navigate and locate reef habitat. Since then, it has established itself as a world leader in understand how marine animals sense and utilise the rich sensory underwater acoustic environment. This is achieved through a multidisciplinary approach, by understanding the physical soundscape, anatomical and physiological studies, and behavioural experiments. Here, I will describe some of the exciting research we are undertaking in each of these fields.

Dr Craig Radford

Associate Professor, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland

Dr Craig Radford is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on the sensory ecology and bioacoustics of marine animals, namely fish and crustaceans. He completed his BSc at the University of Waikato, MSc(hons), University of Canterbury and PhD at the University of Auckland.

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