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Undergraduate research opportunity: orca acoustics

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Subject: Undergraduate research opportunity: orca acoustics
From: Dave Mellinger <>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:26:16 -0700
This is forwarded from Scott Veirs <>.  Please reply to him 
rather than me.  --Dave Mellinger
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Explore the Pacific Northwest and sail through beautiful marine
ecosystems.  Practice being a scientist and a leader.  Analyze
environmental problems and act to solve them.  Gain 18 science
credits.  Join Beam Reach, a sustainability science school
focused on the marine environment
(http://beamreach.org/apply.html).

This fall (Aug 21 - Oct 30), we will study orcas, acoustics, and
sustainable technology in the San Juan Islands.  Our curriculum
guides you through the design of your own research project during
5 weeks of training in marine biology and oceanography at the
Friday Harbor Laboratories.  Then your dynamic teachers help you
conduct your research during a 5-week voyage sailing with the
whales.  Available instruments include a fixed hydrophone array,
boat-based hydrophones, and ROV-mounted active sonar.

We will also study the humans who affect and assess the orcas.
Come meet local community members, observe the development of the
recovery plan for a high-profile threatened species, and
experience sustainable technologies that can reduce human impacts
on the whales.  Then collaborate with your 5 classmates to plan
and realize a service project that mitigates an acoustic impact
on the orcas.

Contact: Dr. Scott Veirs  206-251-5554)

This research opportunity is part of an academic study-away
program.  Participation requires application, acceptance, and
tuition payment.  Financial aid is available.

Beam Reach is affiliated with the Colorado College orca
vocalization and localization (OVAL) project [2004 conference
presentations available upon request].  Beam Reach courses are
accredited by the University of Washington.

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