Sarasota Bay Listening Network station equipment exterior. (IMAGE)

Brookfield Zoo

Sarasota Bay Listening Network station equipment exterior.

Caption

The Sarasota Bay Listening Network (SBLN) uses hydrophones (underwater microphones) at 20 shore-based listening stations to continuously record underwater sounds in and around the Sarasota Bay estuary. The network has collected more than 500,000 hours of acoustic recordings since 2017, capturing sounds of bottlenose dolphins, manatees, fish and invertebrates, along with vessel traffic, weather and other features of the bay soundscape. 

Credit

Photos/video taken by Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permits.

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