Thanks to our first backers and what to expect over the next 30 days!

Apr 23, 2021

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Thanks to our first backers and what to expect over the next 30 days!Special thanks to Ed Parnell, David Lang and Kent Barnes for supporting our project on Day 1! We've got a long way to go to reach our very ambitious goal, but we are super excited that we aren't the only one's excited about this project!
Over the next 30 days, we will share through these lab notes how this idea came about,  why we think our new method will be game changing for kelp monitoring as well as all things kelp and underwater sound. 
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us using the Ask the Scientists section or via Twitter @FishySounds or @underwaterjack.
Looking forward to welcoming all of our future backers to the Kelp Sound project! 

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About This Project

Estimating kelp forest density using underwater sound

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Kelp forests are a prominent feature along the world’s coastlines in temperate and subpolar regions. However, increasing ocean temperatures are threatening the persistence of these highly productive ecosystems. We propose to develop a new method to estimate the density of kelp forests using underwater sound. If successful, this rapid, acoustic-based assessment method could enable the continuous monitoring of the health of these brown macroalgae in the face of climate change.