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Acoustic Communication Under the Sea

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Animal Acoustic Communication

Abstract

When one dives under the sea, it usually sounds relatively quiet. This is because the human ear is adapted to hear airborne sound. Our middle ear is designed to operate with air on both sides of the eardrum and it does not transmit sound very well when the outer ear canal is flooded with water. However, if one listens with a hydrophone, or underwater microphone, it is immediately apparent that the sea is full of sound. Some of this stems from physical processes, such as earthquakes or wind and waves. Humans and other animals also take advantage of unusual properties of underwater sound for communication and gathering information about their environment.

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    Christopher S. Evans

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Tyack, P.L. (1998). Acoustic Communication Under the Sea. In: Hopp, S.L., Owren, M.J., Evans, C.S. (eds) Animal Acoustic Communication. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76220-8_6

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