December 2011: We are happy to announce that Maria Wilson and Frants Havmand Jensen both have received a Sapere Aude Young Elite Scientist postdoctoral grant from the Danish Council for Independent Research. [Link]
November 2011: We are pleased to announce that a close collaborator of the bioacoustics lab for many years, Dr. Mark Johnson, has been appointed Honorary Associate Professor at the department of Zoophysiology, Bioscience, Aarhus University. Mark has a PhD in electronic engineering from Auckland University, and has for the last 18 years been on the staff of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, spearheading development and cutting edge use of non-invasive tags for marine mammals.
July-August 2011: Peter Madsen doing fieldwork on sperm whales in the Azores, Portugal
May 2011: New publication: Madsen et al. 2011: Response to ‘Biosonar sources in odontocetes: considering structure and function’
April 2011: Frants Jensen defends his PhD: Acoustic behavior of bottlenose dolphins and pilot whales [ thesis ]
March 2011: Peter Madsen, Danuta Wisniewska and Frants Jensen presenting their work in the 4th International Science Symposium on Bio-logging
February 2011: New publication: Jensen et al.: Calling under pressure: short-finned pilot whales make social calls during deep foraging dives
January 2011: New publication: Wilson et al. 2011: Directional escape behavior in allis shad (Alosa alosa) exposed to ultrasonic clicks mimicking an approaching toothed whale
November 2010: New publication: Simon et al.: Singing behavior of fin whales in the Davis Strait with implications for mating, migration and foraging
November 2010: Peter Teglberg Madsen appointed Professor with special responsibilities (MSO) in Sensory Physiology at the Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University.
October 2010: New publication: Mooney et al.: Sound detection by the longfin squid (Loligo pealeii) studied with auditory evoked potentionals: Sensitivity to low-frequency particle motion and not pressure
October 2010: New publication: Johnson et al.: Evidence that sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) calves suckle through their mouth
September 2010: New publication: Clausen et al.: Click communication in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
September 2010: New publication: Christensen-Dalsgaard et al.: Hearing in the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens): preadaptation for pressure hearing in tetrapods?
September 2010: New publication: Madsen et al.: Single source sound production and dynamic beam formation in echolocating harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena).
August - September 2010: Frants Jensen doing fieldwork on long-finned pilot whales in the Alboran Sea, Spain.
July - August 2010: Peter Madsen, Danuta Wisniewska and Magnus Wahlberg doing fieldwork on sperm whales and beaked whales in the Azores, Portugal.
July 2010: New publication: Boye et al.: Habitat use of humpback whales in Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland, with implications for commercial exploitation.
May 2010: New publication: Kyhn et al.: Echolocation in sympatric Peale’s dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) and Commerson’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) producing narrow-band high-frequency clicks
March 2010: New publication: Simon et al.: Passive acoustic monitoring of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoise, in Cardigan Bay, Wales, with implications for habitat use and partitioning
March 2010: New publication: Laidre et al.: Spatial associations between large baleen whales and their prey in West Greenland
February - March 2010: Peter Madsen on research visit to Professor John Montgomery's lab, University of Auckland.
February 2010: Frants Jensen doing fieldwork in Bangladesh.
January 2010: New publication: Deruiter et al.: Propagation of narrow-band-high-frequency clicks: Measured and modeled transmission loss of porpoise-like clicks in porpoise habitats
December 2009: New publication: Jensen et al.: Vessel noise effects on delphinid communication
December 2009: New publication: Johnson M., Aguilar Soto N. and Madsen P.T.: Studying the behavior and sensory ecology of marine mammals using acoustic recording tags: a review
Oktober 2009: New publication: Wilson et al.: Ultrasound detection in the Gulf menhaden requires gas-filled bullae and an intact lateral line
October 2009: Peter Madsen, Frants Jensen, Danuta Wisniewska and Karin Clausen are presenting their work at the 18th biennial conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Quebec City, Canada
September 2009: New publication: Simon et al.: Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)
September 2009: Peter Madsen, Magnus Wahlberg, Maria Wilson and Danuta Wisniewska are presenting their work at the 5th Animal Sonar Symposium in Kyoto, Japan

August 2009: Peter Madsen, Magnus Wahlberg, Kristian Beedholm, Maria Wilson and Frants Jensen help teach a phd course in Acoustic Communication in Kerteminde, Denmark