Scientists use underwater speakers to encourage coral growth on degraded reefs

Scientists use underwater speakers to encourage coral growth on degraded reefs

Source: hawaiipublicradio

3/14/2024

Credit: Dan Mele / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

You've heard of organ transplants, but what about the benefits of sound transplants? For coral reefs, an acoustic footprint called a soundscape is a critical indicator of their health.

The soundscape generated by a degraded reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands, for example, is less complex than that of a healthy reef — and its inhabitants.

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution recorded the healthy reef complete with snapping shrimp, chirping parrotfish and whistling damselfish.

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