4 articles
A kelp forest has a 24-hour soundtrack built by shrimp, rasping urchins and singing fish. Learn who the voices are and how scientists read health by ear.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Healthy kelp forests crackle, rasp and croak. Researchers now eavesdrop with hydrophones to judge reef health — and even use sound as a restoration tool.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Kelp forests hiss, rasp and hum. Meet the shrimp, urchins and fish behind the noise — and the hydrophones turning the din into reef science.
Tom Okafor ·
Reefs crackle, croak and rasp — and drifting larvae ride those sounds home. How the ocean soundscape works, and what human noise costs marine life.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·