Isla Keesje Davidson
Postdoctoral Associate
I am working on the World Oceans Passive Acoustic Monitoring (WOPAM) Project.
We are a growing community of bioacousticians, researchers, non-scientific creatives and conservationists that come together every World Oceans Day (June 8th) to record the sounds of the oceans across the world.
The project started in 2023, and is a multidisciplinary community-driven project that aims to exchange knowledge, share the work of our collaborators, develop sound analysis methods, host workshops and explore the important world of underwater sound across the planet. Every year, we will listen in to the “soundscapes” below the surface and work to understand what these sounds tell us about acoustic communication, biodiversity, and ecosystem health. We hope to foster a space where we explore the diverse ways we connect with and listen to sound.
To learn more about the project and listen to what we have recorded, visit the World Oceans Passive Acoustic Monitoring Day website. Please contact me with any questions or ideas.
The WOPAM project is co-managed by Dr. Aaron Rice at Cornell University, Dr. Miles Parsons working with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and Professor Steve Simpson at Bristol University in Britain. It is generously funded by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
