[SEMCO] whale acoustics talk at BSC

[Carol Carson]

Dear Friend and Colleagues,

We hope you will be able to join us for an exciting presentation 
sponsored by Bridgewater State College and the New England Coastal 
Wildlife Alliance.  This presentation is free and open to the general 
public.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Moakley Auditorium (Moakley Center)
Bridgewater State College
This event is free and open to the public.
Complimentary refreshments will be provided at 3:45 PM.

Ms. Ingrid Biedron
Bioacoustics Research Program
Cornell University

Whales in the Gulf of Maine: Biology, Conservation and Research.  Join 
us for an exciting presentation by Ingrid Biedron, a doctoral candidate 
from Cornell University.  Ingrid will present her work on the acoustics 
of endangered baleen whales that live and feed in the waters off New 
England.  Learn about new technologies being used to record whale 
sounds, including pop-up recorders and recording buoys with cell-phone 
transmitters.  These advances are allowing scientists to listen in on 
whale conversations hundreds of miles offshore.  Large endangered 
whales such as the humpback, finback and North Atlantic right whale 
face many environmental threats including ship strikes, entanglement in 
fishing gear, whale-watching and habitat degradation.  Ingrid will 
describe her current research projects and other hi-tech projects 
conducted by the Bioacoustics Research Program at Cornell University.

This presentation is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Arts and 
Sciences, the Biology Club and the New England Coastal Wildlife 
Alliance (NECWA).

John C. Jahoda, PhD
Professor of Biology
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA