The following is forwarded from Magnus Wahlberg, :
Form and function in aquatic bioacoustics
An international SNAK Ph. D. course
26 February - 2 March, 2007
Aarhus University, University of Southern Denmark, and Fjord & Baelt, Denmark
3 ECTS points
Course description:
This class focuses on underwater bio-acoustical techniques for laboratory-based
studies of sound production and hearing in aquatic animals. Underwater
bioacoustics is best learned by combining theory and practice. For a thorough
understanding the students need to obtain hands-on experience with animals,
equipment, and experimental methods. Lectures are likewise important to
disseminate experimental methodology as well as analysis techniques, and to
pinpoint situations where mistakes are commonly made. In this class the
students are introduced to the large functional variety by which animals
produce and hear sounds. Underlying concepts are treated in lectures by
well-experienced experimental bio-acousticians with a broad research
background. The lectures are combined with anatomical dissections of hearing
and sound production organs. Likewise, psychophysical concepts such as the
hearing threshold, signal to noise ratio, critical bands, are illustrated by
psychological experim
ents, both on humans and animals. We hope the students in this manner will
obtain a deeper understanding for both the fundamental mechanisms of function
and form of the use of sound in aquatic animals, and also to get introduced to
modern techniques used to bio-acoustic questions.
Requirements:
12 PhD students or post graduate researchers with a background in bioacoustics
and a basic understanding of the recording and physics of underwater sound.
Application deadline 15th of December, 2006.
Successful candidates will be notified by January 1st.
Fee:
500 Euros, including room but not food.
For more information and applications, please visit www.snak.biology.sdu.dk or
contact Magnus Wahlberg,
SCHEDULE
MONDAY (AARHUS, DENMARK)
9.00-9.30 Introduction (MW)
9.30-10.15 Fundamentals of aquatic bioacoustics (MW)
10.45-11.30 The hair cell, and the evolution of hearing underwater (JM)
11.45-12.30 Fish and invertebrate hearing and sound production (MW)
14.00 - 18.00 A) Electron microscopy of hair cells (JM)
B) Dissection of inner ear, lateral line & sound production organs
of fishes (JM, MW & PTM)
TUESDAY (AARHUS)
9.00-9.45 Marine mammal sound production (PTM)
10.00-10.45 Hearing in marine mammals (JT)
11.15-12.00 Physiological instrumentation in aquatic bioacoustics (JCD)
13.00-13.45 Propagation of underwater sound fields (MW)
14.00-18.00 Dissection of a harbour porpoise and a harbour seal (JT&PTM)
20.00-23.00 Bus transfer to Kerteminde
WEDNESDAY (KERTEMINDE, DENMARK)
9.00-9.45 ABR instrumentation of fish, frogs, turtles and invertebrates
(JCD)
10.00-10.45 ABR instrumentation for marine mammals (KB & AS)
11.00-11.45 Hydrodynamic field detection (MW)
12.00-12.45 Tucker Davis fundamentals with Matlab interface (JCD)
14.00-18.00 C) ABR and neural recording of a frog (JCD)
D) ABR of a porpoise (KB & AS)
THURSDAY (KERTEMINDE)
9.00-9.45 Signals and noise (KB)
10.00-10.45 Measuring signals and noise (PTM)
11.15-12.00 Psychophysics and signal detection theory (TD)
12.15-13.00 Continued signal detection theory (TD)
14.00-18.00 E) Psychophysics and signal detection theory practical (JCD
and TD)
F) Signal and Noise measurements and analysis (MW and PTM)
FRIDAY (KERTEMINDE)
9.00-12.00 Hydrodynamic field detection practical (MW)
Cadaver Acoustics (LM)
Sound radiation from porpoise (PTM)
13.00-15.00 Class evaluation and farewell
Teachers:
AS Alexander Ya Supin (Russian Academy of Sciences)
JCD Jakob C Dahlsgaard (SDU), JM J=F8rgen M=F8rup (AU)
JT Jakob Tougaard (NERI) KB Kristian Beedholm (SDU)
LM Lee Miller (SDU), MW Magnus Wahlberg (F&B)
PTM Peter T Madsen (AU)
TD Torsten Dau (DTU)
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