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Overview

  • My research employs acoustic methodologies to answer biological questions in both the marine and terrestrial environments. My primary interests include patterns and trends in ocean sound, animal behavior and communication, the effect of anthropogenic activities on animals and their environment, and the development of technology to observe animals in their natural environment. Aspects of acoustics, biology, oceanography, ecology, and engineering are combined to create the interdisciplinary approach necessary to extend the remote study of the ocean and of animals in their natural environment beyond where it is today.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2025 Exploring offshore particle motion soundscapes..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  157:149-168. 2025
    2025 Overview of the Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network.  Oceanography.  2025
    2024 Regional soundscape modeling of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelfa)..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  156:378-390. 2024
    2024 Understanding the relationship between the Bering Sea Cold Pool and vocal presence of odontocetes in the context of climate changea)..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  155:2392-2406. 2024
    2023 Multidimensional comparison of underwater soundscapes using the soundscape codea)..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  154:3438-3453. 2023
    2022 Minimal COVID-19 quieting measured in the deep offshore waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf..  JASA Express Lett.  2:090801. 2022
    2022 Cetacean acoustic occurrence on the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf from 2017 to 2020.  Marine Mammal Science.  39:175-199. 2022
    2022 Decadal community structure shifts with cold pool variability in the eastern Bering Sea shelf..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  152:201. 2022
    2021 Global-Local-Comparison Approach: Understanding Marine Mammal Spatial Behavior by Applying Spatial Statistics and Hypothesis Testing to Passive Acoustic Data.  Frontiers in Marine Science.  8. 2021
    2021 Spatial Analysis of Beaked Whale Foraging During Two 12 kHz Multibeam Echosounder Surveys.  Frontiers in Marine Science.  08. 2021
    2021 Ocean Sound Analysis Software for Making Ambient Noise Trends Accessible (MANTA).  Frontiers in Marine Science.  8. 2021
    2021 Quantitative Soundscape Analysis to Understand Multidimensional Features.  Frontiers in Marine Science.  8. 2021
    2021 Erratum: Hybrid millidecade spectra: A practical format for exchange of long-term ambient sound data [JASA Express Lett. 1(1), 011203 (2021)]..  JASA Express Lett.  1:081201. 2021
    2021 The Next Wave of Passive Acoustic Data Management: How Centralized Access Can Enhance Science.  Frontiers in Marine Science.  8. 2021
    2021 Spatial variability of epi-and mesopelagic 38 kHz backscatter from nekton and macrozooplankton across the southeastern US shelf break.  Marine Ecology Progress Series.  669:33-50. 2021
    2021 The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean..  Science.  371:eaba4658. 2021
    2021 Envisioning a Global Multi-Purpose Ocean Acoustic Network.  Marine Technology Society Journal.  55:78-78. 2021
    2021 Hybrid millidecade spectra: A practical format for exchange of long-term ambient sound data..  JASA Express Lett.  1:011203. 2021
    2020 A decade of marine mammal acoustical presence and habitat preference in the Bering Sea.  Polar Biology.  43:1549-1569. 2020
    2020 Bearing Stake 1977 revisited: An understanding of ambient sound sources in the Indian Ocean..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  148:EL320. 2020
    2020 The effect of two 12 kHz multibeam mapping surveys on the foraging behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales off of southern California..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  147:3849. 2020
    2019 Comparison of estimated 20-Hz pulse fin whale source levels from the tropical Pacific and Eastern North Atlantic Oceans to other recorded populations..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  146:2373. 2019
    2019 Observing the Oceans Acoustically.  Frontiers in Marine Science.  6:426. 2019
    2019 Acoustic documentation of temperate odontocetes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas.  Marine Mammal Science.  35:1099-1111. 2019
    2019 Interpreting Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Call Behavior in the Context of Environmental Conditions.  Aquatic Mammals.  45:691-705. 2019
    2018 An Empirical Mode Decomposition-based detection and classification approach for marine mammal vocal signals..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  144:3181. 2018
    2018 Two unit analysis of Sri Lankan pygmy blue whale song over a decade..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  144:3618. 2018
    2018 Fin whale density and distribution estimation using acoustic bearings derived from sparse arrays..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  143:2980. 2018
    2017 The not-so-silent world: Measuring Arctic, Equatorial, and Antarctic soundscapes in the Atlantic Ocean.  Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.  122:95-104. 2017
    2016 A preliminary acoustical survey of echolocating marine mammals in the Bering Sea.  Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics.  29:010005-010005. 2016
    2016 Global Trends in Ocean Noise..  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.  875:713-718. 2016
    2016 Is low frequency ocean sound increasing globally?.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  139:501-511. 2016
    2015 Cold Regime interannual variability of primary and secondary producer community composition in the southeastern Bering Sea..  PLoS ONE.  10:e0131246. 2015
    2015 The Impact of Ocean Sound Dynamics on Estimates of Signal Detection Range.  Aquatic Mammals.  41:444-454. 2015
    2014 Environmental Predictors of Ice Seal Presence in the Bering Sea.  PLoS ONE.  9. 2014
    2014 Assessing marine ecosystem acoustic diversity across ocean basins.  Ecological Informatics.  21:81-88. 2014
    2014 Assessing the cross platform performance of marine mammal indicators between two collocated acoustic recorders.  Ecological Informatics.  21:74-80. 2014
    2014 Decadal trends in Indian Ocean ambient sound (vol 134, pg 3464, 2013).  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  135:1642-1642. 2014
    2014 Variation in low-frequency estimates of sound levels based on different units of analysis..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  135:705-711. 2014
    2014 Environmental predictors of ice seal presence in the Bering Sea..  PLoS ONE.  9:e106998. 2014
    2013 Decadal trends in Indian Ocean ambient sound..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  134:3464-3475. 2013
    2013 Ecosystem response to a temporary sea ice retreat in the Bering Sea: Winter 2009.  Progress in Oceanography.  111:38-51. 2013
    2013 A modeling study of seasonal variations of sea ice and plankton in the Bering and Chukchi Seas during 2007-2008.  Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans.  118:1520-1533. 2013
    2012 Shipboard assessment of hearing sensitivity of tropical fishes immediately after exposure to seismic air gun emissions at Scott Reef..  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.  730:239-243. 2012
    2012 What does ecosystem acoustics reveal about marine mammals in the Bering Sea?.  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.  730:597-600. 2012
    2011 Divergence of a stereotyped call in northern resident killer whales..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  129:1067-1072. 2011
    2011 Behavioral response of manatees to variations in environmental sound levels.  Marine Mammal Science.  27:130-148. 2011
    2011 Seasonal Trends in Acoustic Detection of Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata) Vocalizations in the Bering Sea.  Aquatic Mammals.  37:464-471. 2011
    2009 Manatee (Trichechus manatus) vocalization usage in relation to environmental noise levels..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  125:1806-1815. 2009
    2008 Information theory analysis of Australian humpback whale song..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  124:2385-2393. 2008
    2008 EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ON THE FLORIDA MANATEETRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS.  Bioacoustics.  17:176-178. 2008
    2007 Measuring fish abundance in a weir trap using an acoustical-optical platform..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  122:2431-2438. 2007
    2007 Simulated vessel approaches elicit differential responses from manatees (vol 23, pg 629, 2007).  Marine Mammal Science.  23:1001-1001. 2007
    2007 Simulated vessel approaches elicit differential responses from manatees.  Marine Mammal Science.  23:629-649. 2007
    2007 Noise level correlates with manatee use of foraging habitats..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  121:3011-3020. 2007
    2006 Transmission loss in manatee habitats..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  120:2320-2327. 2006
    2003 Advances in defining fine- and micro-scale pattern in marine plankton.  Aquatic Living Resources.  16:131-136. 2003
    2002 Captive dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, develop signature whistles that match acoustic features of human-made model sounds..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  112:728-739. 2002
    2001 Cardiac responses to acoustic playback experiments in the captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)..  Journal of Comparative Psychology.  115:227-232. 2001
    2001 Cardiac response to acoustic playback experiments in the captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)..  Journal of Comparative Psychology.  115:227-232. 2001
    2000 "Kerplunking": Surface fluke-splashes during shallow-water bottom foraging by bottlenose dolphins.  Marine Mammal Science.  16:646-653. 2000

    Chapter

    Year Title
    2017 Underwater Soundscapes.  904-907. 2017
    2016 Pinniped Sounds in the Polar Oceans.  257-308. 2016
    2014 Acoustic ecology of pinnipeds in polar habitats.  1-52. 2014
    2012 Shipboard assessment of hearing sensitivity of tropical fishes immediately following exposure to seismic airgun emissions at Scott Reef.  237-242. 2012

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2010 Detecting marine mammals with an adaptive sub-sampling recorder in the Bering Sea.  Applied Acoustics. 1087-1092. 2010
    2006 Calibration of a steered phased-array sonar for use in fish detection.  Oceans Conference Record (IEEE). 544-+. 2006
    2006 Development of an integrated acoustical-optical platform for detecting groundfish.  Oceans Conference Record (IEEE). 527-+. 2006

    Principal Investigator On

  • Sound and Marine Life  awarded by Intl Association of Oil & Gas Producers 2016 - 2028
  • Marine Bioacoustics Training  awarded by US DOC, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin 2024 - 2028
  • Vineyard Wind 1 Passive Acoustic Monitoring  awarded by Vineyard Wind 2022 - 2027
  • Expanding GOMRAN Science  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2024 - 2026
  • Gulf of Maine Regional Acousti  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2023 - 2026
  • NERACOOS: A responsive ocean  awarded by NERACOOS 2022 - 2026
  • infiniTETM Float Soundscapes  awarded by Schmidt Family Foundation 2024 - 2025
  • Combining global OBS and CTBTO recordings to estimate abundance and density of fin and blue whales  awarded by University of St. Andrews (Scotland) 2022 - 2025
  • Building a Comprehensive Train  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2021 - 2025
  • SeaBASS 2024  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2024 - 2025
  • STTR: Biological Noise Modeling  awarded by Triton Systems Inc 2024 - 2025
  • Sound and Marine Life Joint In  awarded by Intl Association of Oil & Gas Producers 2016 - 2024
  • AEON in the NW Atlantic  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2020 - 2024
  • BioAcoustic Summer School 2024  awarded by US DOI, Department of the Interior 2024
  • Building a Comprehensive Training Program for Developing and Sustaining the Ocean Acoustics Workforce  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2021 - 2024
  • Enhancing a Comprehensive Training Program for the Ocean Acoustics Work Force  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2021 - 2024
  • Exploring the Use and Impact of Sentinel Indicators in Ocean Acoustics  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2019 - 2023
  • Ocean Acoustics  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2019 - 2023
  • Planning an Ocean Sound Decade  awarded by Lounsbery (Richard) Foundation 2022 - 2023
  • Acoustic and Environmental Observation Network in the NW Atlantic (AEON)  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2020 - 2023
  • SeaBASS 2020: BioAcoustic Summer School  awarded by Office of Naval Research 2020 - 2023
  • Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Programme-Technical Advisor  awarded by Intl Association of Oil & Gas Producers 2016 - 2022
  • Deep Water Atlantic Habitats  awarded by TDI-Brooks International Inc 2017 - 2022
  • Deep Water Atlantic Habitats  awarded by TDI - Brooks International Inc 2017 - 2022
  • Planning an Ocean Sound Decade  awarded by Consortium for Ocean Leadership 2021 - 2022
  • BioAcoustic Summer School  awarded by US DOC, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin 2018 - 2022
  • SeaBASS 2018: BioAcoustic Summer School  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2018 - 2022
  • Monitoring Odontocete Shifts  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2016 - 2022
  • Monitoring for Shifts in Odontocete Range and Distribution in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Seas  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2016 - 2022
  • ADEON  awarded by US DOI, Department of the Interior 2016 - 2022
  • ADEON: Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network  awarded by US DOI, Department of the Interior 2016 - 2022
  • Exploitation of the CTBTO  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2018 - 2021
  • Exploitation of the CTBTO Hydro-Acoustic Array Data Bases for Ocean Ambient Noise Research  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2018 - 2021
  • Ocean Sound Software  awarded by Lounsbery (Richard) Foundation 2019 - 2021
  • Ocean Sound Software for Making Ambient Noise Trends Accessible (MANTA)  awarded by Lounsbery (Richard) Foundation 2019 - 2021
  • Large Scale Density Estimation of Blue and Fin Whales  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2016 - 2019
  • SeaBASS 2018: BioAcoustic Summer School  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2018
  • SeaBASS 2016: A Marine Bio-Acoustic Summer School  awarded by US DOD, Navy 2016
  • SeaBASS 2016: A Marine Bioacoustic Summer School  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2016

    • Investigator On

    Teaching Activities

  • Marine Bioacoustics Taught course 2023
  • Marine Bioacoustics Taught course 2022
  • Intro Marine Mammal Sci Policy Taught course 2020

    • Education And Training

  • B.A., Harvard University
  • M.S., UMass- Dartmouth
  • PHD Oceanography(Chem.&Physical), University of Rhode Island

    • Full Name

  • Jennifer Miksis-Olds