Dr. Rafael Marquez is a biologist who works with the Museo Nacional de
Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. He wrote to me today to let me know
about a second autonomous monitoring system called the Amphibulator.
The system was developed at Western Kentucky University over the past
two years. Information about the Amphibulator was presented in
December 2006.
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An Automated Digital Sound Recording System: The Amphibulator
Mark E. Cambron, Western Kentucky University, USA
Richard G. Bowker, Western Kentucky University, USA
Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM'06)
pp. 592-600
Abstract
Automated digital recording systems are important for studying and
monitoring wildlife. Here we describe a new recording system, easily
programmable and highly flexible, designed to control the Marantz
Professional Solid State Recorder PMD 660. The system is currently
being used to monitor the effects of global warming on populations of
several species of amphibians in Spain and Portugal, to describe the
acoustic landscape and bird populations in western Kentucky, and to
study behavioral calls of midwife toads in central and northern Spain.
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This paper describing the Amphibulator is available in PDF form. Does
anyone have a copy? Or any experiences to share?
The Amphibulator system was developed to control the Marantz PMD660
audio recorder. The new PMD620 recorder uses the same Marantz remote
control (the RC600), so perhaps the PMD620 could work with the
Amphibulator, too. The PDM620 is smaller, cheaper by a few dollars,
and uses battery power more efficiently.
--oryoki
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