Using sound to measure the health of a recovered reef

The World

Recording the soundscape of a place can reveal a lot about an ecosystem — which animals are around, and how many are there. A group of scientists has discovered that underwater recordings of a coral reef in Indonesia can reveal the extent to which it has recovered from past damage. The World’s Anna Kusmer reports. 

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