Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms
Westlake University · Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement · +183 more institutions
Abstract
ABSTRACT Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this gap, we created the Worldwide Soundscapes project, a collaborative network and growing database comprising metadata from 416 datasets across all realms (terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean). Location Worldwide, 12,343 sites, all ecosystem types. Time Period 1991 to…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 60.45
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 90
Authors
253Topics & keywords
- Soundscape
- Sampling (signal processing)
- Diel vertical migration
- Ecosystem
- Biodiversity
- Metadata
- Ecology
- Environmental science
- Life below water
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: DEB-2025755, LTER8 DEB-2025755
- BCBat Conservation InternationalAward: SS2001
- WCWildlife Conservation Society
- CSCetacean Society International
- UOUniversity of Northern British Columbia
- UHUniversität Hohenheim
- UOUniversity of Salford Manchester
- UOUniversity of Waikato
- PUPontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
- WUWestlake University
- LTLeverhulme TrustAwards: ECF-2020-571, ECF‐2020‐571
- ECEuropean CommissionAwards: 101090273, 2020., 101157493, 312763
- UOUniversity of Bristol
- RSRoyal Society Te Apārangi
- DFDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftAwards: EXC 2070-390732324, EXC 2070, 390732324, 428658210, 2070-390732324, 460036893
- RGRijksuniversiteit Groningen
- FDFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloAwards: 2024/13237-3, 88887
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAward: 42225604
- ASAcademia Sinica
- CDCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorAward: 88887
- BFBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- TUTechnische Universität Dresden
- AWAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
- CNConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoAwards: 312763/2019-0, 311533/2022‐1, 312763/2019‐0
- KLKU Leuven
- OIOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
- UAUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid
- CNCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueAward: 2022-1
- UDUniversidade de Lisboa
- MNMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- UFUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
- EAEnvironment and Climate Change Canada
- SOShanghai Ocean University
- UFUniversidade Federal da Paraíba
- UGUniversität Greifswald
- SUSorbonne Université
- UEUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
- INInstitut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- DFDirectorate for Biological Sciences
- NONational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- UFU.S. Forest Service
- HEHORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- ARAustralian Research Council
- LLeibniz-Gemeinschaft
- FPFundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaAwards: 22128/2016, PINFRA/22128/2016, CEECINST/00037/2021, LA/P/0069/2020, LISBOA2020, UIDP/04292, UIDB/04292/2020, CEECIND/02064/2017, ALENTEJO2020, /2017, UIDP/04292/2020
- RARussian Academy of Sciences
- CSConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- EREuropean Regional Development FundAwards: ALENTEJO2020, PINFRA/22128/2016, LISBOA2020, LA/P/0069/2020
- PNPacific Northwest Research Station