About the Project

The Hudson River Estuary supports a wide range of fish, including a number of migratory and endangered species. Advances in ecosystem monitoring technologies, including passive acoustic monitoring, have enabled the Hudson River NERR to address critical management challenges including understanding how fish species use the estuary, monitoring species population dynamics of protected and endangered animals, and creating engaging communication tools that inspire public stewardship of key fish species. In close collaboration with HRNERR, NYSDEC, and Cornell University, this project team implemented passive acoustic monitoring techniques. With the resulting monitoring data, the team characterized a diverse range of soundscapes across latitudinal and salinity gradients along the Hudson River, and compared sounds from tributary and wetland habitats to those of the main channel of the river.

About this Resource

Sounding the Depths Story Map
This Story Map is especially designed for high school and college students interested in becoming part of the Hudson Ecological Acoustics Research (HEAR) project. This interactive training tool lays the foundation for understanding biological acoustics in general, and the Hudson research project more specifically, by preparing students as investigators.

Sounding the Depths Lesson Plan
This complementary lesson plan supports educational engagement with the Story Map. This resource is coming soon!