Analysis of the Underwater Soundscape Using Ecoacoustic Indices: Acoustic Study of Underwater Areas in the Mediterranean Sea
54º Congreso Español de Acústica — Tecniacústica 2023
Abstract
Ecoacoustics investigates sound to understand its properties, its evolution, and its function in the environment. Ecoacoustic analysis is becoming an important tool of quantifying the ecological aspects of the landscape (terrestrial or underwater), where living beings need to establish an acoustic communication between them. This soundscape is complex and requires procedures to transform the collected data into information that is useful for understanding the environment. In this case, these are the ecoacoustic indices. The purpose of this work is to study the acoustic behaviour of two underwater environments (using the second only for comparison) by means of the ecoacoustic indices analysed in the first part of the work. Different results are obtained in which common patterns and differences can be identified, with the final objective of discussing the viability, or lack thereof, of these indices in underwater environments.