Interesting. Several of the articles I read about the water boat men say it=
=92s that loud it can be heard above water. That was definitely not the cas=
e when I was recording. Only the hydrophones picked up its call.
> On 3 Feb 2018, at 23:15, Bernie Krause [naturerec=
ordists] <> wrote:
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> Yup! But I=92m guessing that the article is mistaken in that perhaps the =
snapping shrimp (sometimes called pistol shrimp), a bit under 4 cm in lengt=
h, and part of the Alpheidae family, is probably louder vis a vis size. Und=
erwater the snapping shrimp will generate an impulse signal of around 200dB=
re 1micro Pascal, which is equivalent to firing off a .357 Magnum pistol a=
bout 30 cm from your ear (or about 165dB in air).
>
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> Bernie
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_natural_world?language=3Den <https://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_v=
oice_of_the_natural_world?language=3Den>
>
>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 7:03 AM, 303 <=
oise.be> [naturerecordists] < <natur=
>> wrote:
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>> Thanks Bernie, is this what you=92re talking about?
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/139586=
30>
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>>> On 3 Feb 2018, at 22:16, Bernie Krause <mailto:=
> [naturerecordists] <=
om <>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Mostly, it sounds like common species of what, in English, are called w=
ater-boatmen (Corixidae). These can be found everywhere there is fresh wate=
r and decaying floral debris in vernal pools, in shallow water by ponds and=
lakeside, and even by the curb after a spring or summer rain, etc.
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>>>
>>> We first encountered these signatures in late March, 1984, at Mono Lake=
just east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the Eastern border of Calif=
ornia while recording the Great Basin spadefoot toad (Spea intermontana) in=
a study for the University of California in Santa Cruz led by the late Ken=
Norris (who identified how dolphins generate and receive echolocation sign=
als). We were recording to see if the tadpoles generated sound (they do), a=
nd if the vocalizations of the adults carried in water as well as air (they=
do). At the same time, we picked up these odd scraping sounds (water-boatm=
en) but couldn=92t identify them, at first. But after filling some buckets =
with water and mud from the pond, and sifting through the material, we were=
left with the water-boatmen and were able to record them separately, thus =
figuring out the source.
>>>
>>> Bernie
>>>
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he_natural_world?language=3Den <https://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the=
_voice_of_the_natural_world?language=3Den>
>>>
>>>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 1:20 AM, <calandrell=
> [naturerecordists] < <mailto=
:>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Below the links to soundcloud for two of my underwater recordings from=
Italy.
>>>> Sounds are similar to that of your recording, but surely emitted by di=
fferent species of small aquatic insects.
>>>>
>>>> Marco
>>>>
>>>> https://soundcloud.com/marco- pesente/corixa-punctata-sound <https://s=
oundcloud..com/marco-pesente/corixa-punctata-sound>
>>>> https://soundcloud.com/marco- pesente/micronecta-sp-lesser- water <htt=
ps://soundcloud.com/marco-pesente/micronecta-sp-lesser-water>
>>>>
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