Instrument: Hydrophone

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Description

A hydrophone is a microphone designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sound. Most hydrophones are based on a piezoelectric transducer that generates electricity when subjected to a pressure change.

Dataset NamePI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
Original recordings of reef soundscapes and recordings of playbacks from coral reefs in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands collected between 2013 to 2017SoundTrap ST300
Raw files from passive hydrophone from Harris Creek, Chesapeake Bay, MD from 2015 (Larval settlement soundscapes project)Ocean Instruments New Zealand
Raw files from passive hydrophone from Middle Marsh, Rachel Carson Estuarine Research Reserve, NC from 2014 (Larval settlement soundscapes project)Ocean Instruments New Zealand
Sound pressure levels from hydrophone recordings at six sites in the Galapagos Islands from September 2020 through August 2022 to examine soundscapes during the Anthropause and beyondA single SoundTrap 300 hydrophone was mounted on a stainless steel stand vertically about 1 meter above the rocky bottom with . The hydrophone was set to record continuously at 98 hz. For instrument specs see: http://www.oceaninstruments.co.nz/product/soundtrap-300-std SoundTrap 300 STD Compact recorders
Raw files from DSG hydrophone collected from the West Bay Marine Reserve in Pamlico Sound, NC during 2011 (Larval settlement soundscapes project)HTI-96 hydrophone with a sensitivity of -185.8 dBV/μPa and flat frequency response between ~0.1 and 30 kHz (High-Tech Inc., Gulfport Mississippi)
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