Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Acoustical Communication Conference and Workshops on the Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise

Project ID: J8W07080018

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2008

Initial Funding: $17,625

Total Funding: $17,625

Project Type: Education

Project Disciplines: Social

National Park: Pacific West Region Oregon

Principal Investigator: Mellinger, Dave

Agreement Technical Representative: Fristrup, Kurt

Abstract: NPS and seven other partners including the Acoustical Society of America will join Oregon State University to organize an international conference on animal communication with the purpose of integrating the latest scientific findings across a broad range of animal taxa. This scientific conference will be augmented by a special session on the effects of noise on wildlife that is of particular importance to the National Park Service.

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