Welcome to the Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee website.

Animal Bioacoustics is the study of:

1. Animal communication, biosonar, and associated behavior
2. Sound production anatomy and neurophysiology of animals
3. Auditory capacities and mechanisms, anatomy, and neurophysiology of animals
4. Acoustic methods for use in population assessment, identification, and behavior
5. Acoustic ecology and effects of sound on animals
6. Instrumentation, algorithms and analysis methods for animal acoustics

For questions related to the Acoustical Society of America Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee please contact the current chair:

Xavier Mouy, Ph.D. (he/him)
Assistant Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
[email protected]

For questions related to the ASA Student Council, please contact Lucinda Chambers, Animal Bioacoustics Student Representative:

Lucinda Chambers (she/her)
PhD Candidate
University of New South Whales
[email protected]

For questions related to the TCAB website, please contact:

Selene Fregosi (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Senior Research
Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University
[email protected]