Aquatic Animal Monitoring

One of the major unknowns in modern marine science is the impact of noise on aquatic life.  Over the last few decades, humans have increased their contribution to ocean noise, with anthropogenic noise becoming the dominant component of marine noise in some areas. Many marine organisms rely on sound to survive, and human additions to ocean sound overlap the full range of animal uses for sound in the ocean.

To allow researchers and project leaders to understand the impacts of underwater noise and record marine mammal noise, we partner with Turbulent Research. Combining extremely high sampling rates and real-time recording capabilities, our two acoustic recorder ranges Orca and Porpoise are the ideal instrument for in-depth noise research. Main applications include real-time marine mammal, noise pollution monitoring, and noise source localisation.

Porpoise Orca

Whether you are looking to research small species like salmon or larger species like mantas and sharks, acoustic telemetry is a must-have. Utilising acoustic tags and receivers can provide pivotal information about the behaviour and migratory paths of the tagged species.

With decades of experience in the area, our partner Innovasea‘s tracking technologies offer a complete solution for any aquatic animal behaviour research. Proof of their reliability are the many multi-year tracking studies around the British coast that use the telemetry systems.

While tracking can explain where your animals are going, coupling telemetry with environmental sensors can help you figure out why. Should your project need a deeper look into water quality, aquaMeasure environmental sensors monitor everything from water temperature to dissolved oxygen, salinity, chlorophyll, blue-green algae, turbidity and colored dissolved organic matter.

Fish Tracking Receivers Fish tags Tracking + Water Quality